Flinders bar
nounNavigation.
a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
Origin of Flinders bar
1First recorded in 1880–85; named after M. Flinders
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How to use Flinders bar in a sentence
This bar, now known as a “Flinders bar,” is still in general use.
British Dictionary definitions for Flinders bar
Flinders bar
/ (ˈflɪndəz) /
noun
nautical a bar of soft iron mounted on a binnacle to compensate for local magnetism causing error to the compass
Origin of Flinders bar
1C19: named after Matthew Flinders (died 1814), English navigator
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