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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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The compass needle points to the magnetic north pole.
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The flow of a magnetic field is taken from magnetic north pole to magnetic south pole.
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To all intents and purposes, though, magnetic north remains north.
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True magnetic north , as measured by compasses, is several hundred miles to the east.
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Two people standing at distant points on the globe would have completely different ideas about where the magnetic north pole lay.