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North Terrestrial Pole

Variant of north pole

  1. the place where the northern rotational axis intersects the surface of a planet, moon, etc.
  2. the zenith of such a place; esp., the zenith () of this place on the earth
  3. that end of a straight magnet that points to the north when the magnet hangs free
  4. the place on the earth where its northern rotational axis intersects its surface

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