Definition that contains magnetic pole
- true determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles
- ross British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862)
- oersted the magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole
- magnetic dipole a dipole with opposing magnetic poles
- field intensity the vector sum of all the forces exerted by an electrical or magnetic field (on a unit mass or unit charge or unit magnetic pole) at a given point in the field
- magnetic meridian an imaginary line passing through both magnetic poles of the Earth
- field strength the vector sum of all the forces exerted by an electrical or magnetic field (on a unit mass or unit charge or unit magnetic pole) at a given point in the field
- dipole a pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance
- magnetic monopole a hypothetical particle with a single magnetic pole instead of the usual two
- sir james clark ross British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862)