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What is the name given to the end of the compass that seeks the north?
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∙ 12y ago
First of all, it's important to understand that 'Magnetic North' is a location (or, more accurately, a direction), and not a magnetic polarity.
The end of the compass needle (or magnet) that points in the direction of 'Magnetic North' was, for obvious reasons, originally called its 'North-seeking pole'. Over time, the term 'seeking' has fallen into disuse, and we now simply call it its 'north pole', which by general agreement is also the magnetic polarity of that end of the needle (or magnet). Because, unlike poles attract, this means that the magnetic polarity of the location we call 'Magnetic North' is south.
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North north
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