Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Moving or turning toward the south, as the south end of a magnetic needle. See
magnet .
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Examples
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In the southern hemisphere, of course, geomagnetic north points up and at an angle — and the magnetotactic bacteria there are south-seeking rather than north-seeking, and thus still able to head down deeper into their environment to escape oxygen.
Electrical energy from spinning bacteria Edward Willett 2006
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In the southern hemisphere, of course, geomagnetic north points up and at an angle — and the magnetotactic bacteria there are south-seeking rather than north-seeking, and thus still able to head down deeper into their environment to escape oxygen.
Archive 2006-05-14 Edward Willett 2006
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On this land is the south magnetic pole toward which the south-seeking end of the needle always points.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Jewett Castello Gilson
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(At the equator, where geomagnetic north doesn’t point up or down, there’s a mixture of north-seeking and south-seeking magnetotactic bacteria.)
Electrical energy from spinning bacteria Edward Willett 2006
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(At the equator, where geomagnetic north doesn’t point up or down, there’s a mixture of north-seeking and south-seeking magnetotactic bacteria.)
Archive 2006-05-14 Edward Willett 2006
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