magnetic compass

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   compass based on an indicator (as a magnetic needle) that points to the magnetic north

   Broadercompass

   Narrowercompass card

   Partsmagnetic needle

Questions about magnetic compass

What does magnetic compass mean?

magnetic compass means "compass based on an indicator (as a magnetic needle) that points to the magnetic north".

Is magnetic compass a common word?

magnetic compass is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.