A magnetic field can be shown as imaginary lines that flow out of the north pole and into the south pole of a magnet. The magnetic field of a bar magnet, left, is strongest near the magnet's poles, where the lines lie closest to each other.
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WORLD BOOK diagram by J. Harlan Hunt</P>
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