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magnetic compass

an instrument for indicating geographical directions magnetically, as by the action of the earth's magnetic field on a magnetic needle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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