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The magnetic pole region of a magnet in which
its magnetic properties are strongest. Every
magnet has two poles, called north and south.
The north (or north-seeking) pole is so named
because a freely suspended magnet will turn
so that this pole points towards the Earth's
magnetic north pole.
Subject by: George Sweeney