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a freely-suspended magnet
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a good test device for testing magnetism as is a magnet on a string that might sway near the specimen
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a magnetized bit of iron that, allowed to swing freely, aligns itself with the earth's magnetic field and points north
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a magnet that will always face North
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a permanent bar magnet one end of which points towards the magnetic north pole and is called the north seeking or N pole
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a simple suspended magnet
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