How to Use magnetic north in a Sentence

magnetic north

noun

• As Wired explains, the magnetic North Pole can move by as much as 40 miles a year.
  — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 20 Jan. 2018
• Earth's magnetic North Pole has shifted over the years.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 3 Apr. 2020
• For the purpose of using a compass, there are two types of north: true north and magnetic north.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 5 Jan. 2021
• The magnetic needle on a compass points to magnetic North, rather than to the true north pole.
  — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2019
• But magnetic north doesn’t line up perfectly with true north, the point where the Earth’s axis hits the surface (and above which the North Star sits).
  — Julie Rehmeyer, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2018
• Its red end always points to the Earth’s magnetic north (not the same as the North Pole), which is zero degrees on a 360-degree scale.
  — Washington Post, 5 July 2021
• True north in Fairbanks is now just 16 degrees west of magnetic north.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2023
• Like the Earth, the sun has magnetic north and south poles—but unlike Earth, those poles flip positions every 11 years.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2024
• Leading the expedition was the already famous James Clark Ross, who had been the first to stand atop the magnetic north pole.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2019
• The Bermuda Triangle is one of two places on Earth where a compass will point to true north instead of magnetic north.
  — Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 18 Apr. 2022
• Earth’s magnetic north pole has shifted away from Canada and closer to Siberia at a rapid pace in recent years.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2022
• The magnetic north pole has been moving away from Canada and toward Russia since then, Dwyer said.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2022
• This field sometimes flips — magnetic north is sometimes at the top of the world, and sometimes at the bottom — so over time a barcode-like magnetic pattern emerges in rocks on the seafloor.
  — Quanta Magazine, 14 Apr. 2021
• The second part lies in understanding that the needle of your compass always points toward the magnetic north pole.
  — Gary Garth, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2020
• And, while a flip is probably not imminent, the location of magnetic north changes even on human time scales.
  — Don Lincoln, CNN, 26 Jan. 2023
• The three-bedroom house was designed for two astronomy photographers and built to face the magnetic north like the needle of a compass.
  — Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com, 24 Mar. 2018
• The best place to see the northern lights is in what's called the auroral zone — the region of the northern hemisphere within an approximately 1,500-mile radius of the magnetic north pole.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2023
• The magnetic north pole, for example, is slithering eastward at break-neck speed.
  — Popular Mechanics, 26 May 2022
• Our planet’s magnetic north pole is on the move, shifting toward the Siberian Arctic from Arctic Canada.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 24 May 2023
• Give him a relentless work ethic, an addiction to risk and a moral compass that puts his own interests at its magnetic north pole.
  — Will Oremus, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
• That’s a big deal, since current fluctuations suggest magnetic north might be gearing up for such a major shift soon.
  — Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2019
• The needle of a compass always points in this direction, and the angle of difference between true north and magnetic north is called the declination.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 5 Jan. 2021
• Joling’s phone did not calculate the difference between magnetic north and true north.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2023
• The magnetic state of our world is constantly changing, with the magnetic north and south poles wandering by a few degrees every century or so.
  — Emily Toomey, Smithsonian, 8 Aug. 2019
• The three-bedroom house was designed for two astronomy photographers and built to face magnetic north.
  — Neal J. Leitereg and Lauren Beale, latimes.com, 31 Mar. 2018
• First, adjust your compass’s declination (the difference between magnetic north and true north), which should be listed on your topo map.
  — Outside Online, 2 Aug. 2021
• Over the last 200 years, it’s been slowly weakening and shifting its magnetic north pole (where a compass points, not to be confused with the geographic north pole) from the Canadian Arctic toward Siberia.
  — Chris Holt, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2021
• The weak solar wind, combined with the alignment of the north magnetic poles of the sun and Earth, constricted a normally expansive swath of northern lights into a tight, rotating spot above magnetic north.
  — Mark Garlick, National Geographic, 20 July 2021
• But this three-bedroom house, designed for two astronomy photographers and positioned to face the magnetic north like the needle of a compass, is a point of convergence.
  — latimes.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• Meanwhile, the magnetic north pole is shifting off its usual axis and no one in the scientific community can explain why.
  — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 20 Sep. 2021