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)

    “Oh Sleep! it is a gentle thing,
    Beloved from pole to pole!
    To Mary Queen the praise be given!
    She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven,
    That slid into my soul.”
    —Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)