magnetic compass

基本解釋

A cell in the eye may be worth two in the beak, at least when it comes to a migratory bird’s magnetic compass.
鳥的眼睛中的細(xì)胞可能會(huì)是鳥嘴里細(xì)胞價(jià)值的兩倍，至少當(dāng)談到候鳥的磁性羅盤來說是這樣。
"They also have a magnetic compass that enables them to navigate thousands of kilometres, even at night, " says Robson.
“它們還有磁性羅盤使它們能夠航行成千上萬里，即使在晚上?！?羅布森說。
And they made use of a magnetic compass at least a century before the first reference to it appeared elsewhere.
而他們對于指南針的使用比其他地方有史料記載的出現(xiàn)至少早1個(gè)世紀(jì)。

A compass is a device containing a metal object that points toward the magnetic north pole.

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They moved often, living near Byron Bay, a beachfront community in New South Wales, and on Magnetic Island, a tiny pile of rock that Captain Cook believed had magnetic properties that distorted his compass readings.
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Another added feature is the on-board Magnetic Sensor that lets the user take advantage of downloadable e-Compass apps.
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a compass containing a magnetic needle pivoted in a horizontal plane, that indicates the direction of magnetic north at points on the earth's surface

磁羅經(jīng)
Based on the gyrocompass technique, the magnetic compass deviation automatic measurement and correction system synthesizes both gyrocompass and magnetic compass technique.
基于電羅經(jīng)技術(shù)的磁羅經(jīng)自差自動(dòng)測定和校正系統(tǒng)是一個(gè)綜合了電羅經(jīng)和磁羅經(jīng)技術(shù)的自差測定和校正系統(tǒng)。
磁羅盤
磁性羅盤
羅盤儀