Sentences with phrase «tiny magnetic compass»
Electrons also have a property known as spin; an electron can «spin up» or «spin down,» pointing like a tiny magnetic compass needle in one of two directions.
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These atomic magnets tend to point in the same direction, like an array of tiny compasses fixated on a common magnetic point.
When hot, iron - rich material is exposed to a magnetic field, its electrons align like tiny compasses.