WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
magnetic pole, 
    1. Electricitythe region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole.)
    2. Geographyeither of the two points on the earth's surface where the dipping needle of a compass stands vertical, one in the arctic, the other in the antarctic. See maps under North Pole, South Pole. 
    • 1695–1705

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
magnetic pole n
  1. either of two regions in a magnet where the magnetic induction is concentrated
  2. either of two variable points on the earth's surface towards which a magnetic needle points, where the lines of force of the earth's magnetic field are vertical
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