English Explanatory Dictionary

corrector magnet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of several small bar magnets placed and adjusted within a ship's binnacle to correct for the effects of other magnetic influences in the ship.

Word forms

corrector magnet corrector magnets

Related words

swinging the compass

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