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vibrating needle

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vibrating needle [′vī‚brād·iŋ ′nēd·əl]
(engineering)
A magnetic needle used in compass adjustment to find the relative intensity of the horizontal components of the earth's magnetic field and the magnetic field at the compass location.


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