Magnetic Pole

Magnetic pole may refer to:

  • One of the two ends of a magnet
  • The magnetic poles of astronomical bodies, a special case of magnets, such as
    • The North Magnetic Pole of planet Earth, a point where the north end of a compass points downward
    • The South Magnetic Pole of planet Earth, a point where the south end of a compass points upward

Famous quotes containing the words magnetic and/or pole:

    “We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice.”
    —Marcel Proust (1871–1922)