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Definition of Magnetic pole

1. Noun. Either of two points where the lines of force of the Earth's magnetic field are vertical.

2. Noun. One of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated.

Definition of Magnetic pole

1. Noun. One of the two ends of a magnet. ¹

2. Noun. One of the two locations on a planet's surface at which the planet's magnetic field lines are vertical. ¹

3. Noun. Out of the north and south pole,south is the magnetic pole. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Magnetic pole

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Absolute Measurements in Electricity and Magnetism by Andrew Gray (1893)
"Hence from the definition of unit magnetic pole we get at once a definition of magnetic field of unit intensity. A magnetic field of unit intensity, or, ..."

2. Electrical Engineering: The Theory and Characteristics of Electrical by Clarence Victor Christie (1917)
"The unit of pole strength is 'defined as follows: A magnetic pole has unit ... The space surrounding a magnetic pole or a current of electricity in which ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"From investigations resulting from the Challenger Expedition, we have been shaken in the idea that the magnetic pole moves round the geographical pole; ..."

4. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1892)
"the case of a single magnetic pole of strength unity, moving with uniform velocity in a straight line. Let the coordinates of the pole at the time t be ..."

5. The Elements of Physics: A College Text-book by Edward Leamington Nichols, William Suddards Franklin (1896)
"A magnetic field is a region in which a magnetic pole is acted upon by a force ... Th-T force F which acts upon a magnetic pole when it is placed at a given ..."

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