magnetic north

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magnetic north - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  magnetic north \magnetic north\ n.
     The direction in which the north-pointing end of a compass
     needle points; at low latitudes it is close to geographic
     (true) north, but deviates substantially from true north as
     one nears the north pole.
  
     Syn: north, compass north.
          [WordNet 1.5]

magnetic north - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  magnetic north
      n 1: the direction in which a compass needle points [syn:
           north, magnetic north, compass north]