noun
: a bar magnet or a set of bar magnets so suspended as to indicate the direction of the magnetic field in which it is placed ; especially : such a magnet that is slender and pointed at the ends and used as a compass
noun
: a bar magnet or a set of bar magnets so suspended as to indicate the direction of the magnetic field in which it is placed ; especially : such a magnet that is slender and pointed at the ends and used as a compass
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012