"magnetic reversal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: magnetic reversals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} magnetic reversal (plural magnetic reversals)
  1. Any of several reversals in the polarity of the Earth's magnetic field (such that a compass points South) that have happened over geologic time.
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