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Definition of: magnetic equator
An irregular, unstable line on the earth's surface, encircling it nearly midway between the magnetic poles, where a free magnetic needle has no tendency to dip; the aclinic line. It coincides nearly with the terrestrial equator. See ACLINIC.
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