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Like magnetic poles repel and unlike magnetic poles attract. |
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Soft iron gains and loses magnetism faster than steel. |
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A magnetic field is a region in which a magnetic force may be detected. |
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Magnetic field can be plotted with the help of a compass needle. |
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A magnetic field line is a line in a magnetic field, tangent to which at any point gives the direction of the magnetic field. |
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Angle of dip is the angle made with the horizontal by the earth's total magnetic field. |
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Angle of declination is the angle between magnetic meridian and geographic meridian at that place. |
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| Amalgamation; Angle of dip; Angle of declination;
Demagnetization; Geographic meridian; Lines of force; Magnet; Magnetic meridian; Magnetic field; Magnetic pole;
Magnetization; Neutral point. |
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