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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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