geographic north

noun

1. another name for true north

geographic north

1. The direction from any point on Earth toward the North Pole.

2. Also called true north

3. Compare magnetic north

Example Sentences

In recent decades, researchers have also observed a rapid shift of the magnetic north pole toward the geographic north pole.

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That has caused the geographic North Pole to shift at a speed of 4.36 centimetres per year, researchers have calculated.

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Not the actual geographic North Pole, but a town near Fairbanks that takes the Christmas spirit seriously year-round.

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The large ice floe comprising the field was as close as possible to the geographic North Pole.

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Boston College is offering something similar, called “True North” — a reference to the geographic North Pole, rather than the magnetic pole of a compass — during orientation this summer, for the first time, to new students and their parents.

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