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Definition of South-seeking pole
1. Noun. The pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the magnet is suspended freely.
Definition of South-seeking pole
1. Noun. The negative pole of a magnetic dipole, which seeks geographic south. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of South-seeking Pole
Literary usage of South-seeking pole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism by James Hopwood Jeans (1908)
"Lord Kelvin speaks of a south-seeking pole as a " true north " pole—ie a pole of
which the magnetism is of the kind found in the northerly regions of the ..."
2. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"Pole, Magnetic, Boreal A name formerly employed in France for the south- seeking
pole of a magnet, ... The south-seeking pole of a magnetic needle. Pole. ..."
3. Electricity in the Service of Man: A Popular and Practical Treatise on the by Alfred Urbanitzky (1886)
"There is a free north-seeking pole at one end, and a free south-seeking pole at
the other, but every intermediate north-seeking pole is neutralised by the ..."
4. Electricity in the Service of Man: A Popular and Practical Treatise on the by Alfred Urbanitzky (1886)
"If we bring a piece of iron near the south-seeking pole of a magnet, all the
south-seeking ends of the molecules of the magnet are directed towards the ..."
5. Magnetism and Electricity by Arthur William Poyser (1901)
"... the north-seeking pole of the needle, repels the south-seeking pole.
Distinction between Poles.—From the preceding experiments it appears that there are ..."
6. Physics by Charles Riborg Mann, George Ransom Twiss (1906)
"We have just learned that when a south-seeking pole is withdrawn from the ...
What will happen if we push the south-seeking pole of the magnet back into the ..."
7. Physics by Charles Riborg Mann, George Ransom Twiss (1905)
"We have just learned that when a south-seeking pole is withdrawn from the ...
What will happen if we push the south-seeking pole of the magnet back into the ..."
8. Physics by Charles Riborg Mann (1905)
"We have just learned that when a south-seeking pole is withdrawn from the coil,
the upper end of the coil becomes a north- seeking pole, which thus opposes ..."
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