Magnetic pole
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Magnetic pole may refer to:
- One of the two ends of a magnet
- The magnetic poles of astronomical bodies, a special case of magnets, two special cases of which are the Geomagnetic poles:
- 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 downward
- A Geomagnetic Pole, determined by a statistical fit to measurements of the Earth's magnetic field
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