Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point to the north.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point to the north.
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- noun A
tendency in the end of amagnetic needle to point to thenorth .
Etymologies
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north + -ness
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Examples
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On the contrary, if the action of a north magnetic pole were to produce a southness in the nearest part of the copper plate, and a diffuse northness elsewhere (82.), as is really the case with iron; then the use of another north pole on the opposite side of the same part of the plate should double the effect instead of destroying it, and double the tendency of the first magnet to move with the plate.
Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 Michael Faraday 1829
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