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North Terrestrial Pole
Variant of north pole
- the place where the northern rotational axis intersects the surface of a planet, moon, etc.
- the zenith of such a place; esp., the zenith () of this place on the earth
- that end of a straight magnet that points to the north when the magnet hangs free
- the place on the earth where its northern rotational axis intersects its surfacein full North Terrestrial Pole: see latitude,
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