What's the difference between binnacle and magnet?

Binnacle


Definition:

  • (n.) A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The binnacle protected the ship's metal compass and its coming home to Cardiff is the result of a long hard fight by Dr Peter Lloyd Jones and Michael Tarver, vice president of the Captain Scott Society.
  • (2) They told me a bit more about the binnacle in the video below.
  • (3) It is here visitors will get the chance to view the original binnacle from the Terra Nova ship which took Captain Scott and his team on their ill-fated voyage to Antarctica in 1910.

Magnet


Definition:

  • (n.) The loadstone; a species of iron ore (the ferrosoferric or magnetic ore, Fe3O4) which has the property of attracting iron and some of its ores, and, when freely suspended, of pointing to the poles; -- called also natural magnet.
  • (n.) A bar or mass of steel or iron to which the peculiar properties of the loadstone have been imparted; -- called, in distinction from the loadstone, an artificial magnet.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) By presenting the case history of a man who successively developed facial and trigeminal neural dysfunction after Mohs chemosurgery of a PCSCC, this paper documents histologically the occurrence of such neural invasion, and illustrates the utility of gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance scanning in patient management.
  • (2) The tumors were identified by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.
  • (3) Twenty patients with non-small cell bronchogenic carcinoma were prospectively studied for intrathoracic lymphadenopathy using computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
  • (4) The role of magnetic resonance imaging is also discussed, as is the pathophysiology, management, and prognosis in the elderly patient.
  • (5) An innovative magnetic resonance imaging technique was applied to the measurement of blood flow in the abdominal aorta.
  • (6) Sequelae of chemo- and radiotherapy were only depicted by magnetic resonance imaging.
  • (7) Magnetic polyethyleneimine (PEI) microcapsules have been developed for trapping electrophilic intermediates in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
  • (8) Our data support the hypothesis that evoked and epileptiform magnetic fields result from intradendritic currents oriented perpendicular to the cortical surface.
  • (9) We conclude that exposure for 20 min to a 1.5-T static magnetic field does not alter body and skin temperatures in man.
  • (10) Magnetic resonance imaging of the spinal cord clearly demonstrated the entire lesion.
  • (11) Right ventricular volumes were determined in 12 patients with different levels of right and left ventricular function by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using an ECG gated multisection technique in planes perpendicular to the diastolic position of the interventricular septum.
  • (12) In April 1986, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the thorax and shoulder girdle was presented to the 99th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Anatomists.
  • (13) In addition, a 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique was applied to investigate the in vivo energy metabolism of the graft.
  • (14) Line broadening detected in several of the high-field nuclear magnetic resonance spectra was attributed to cis-trans isomerization.
  • (15) The correlation of posterior intervertebral (facet) joint tropism (asymmetry), degenerative facet disease, and intervertebral disc disease was reviewed in a retrospective study of magnetic resonance images of the lumbar spine from 100 patients with complaints of low back pain and sciatica.
  • (16) In this critical review of human in vivo nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, the questions of which chemical species can be detected and with what sensitivity, their biochemical significance, and their potential clinical value are addressed.
  • (17) The location of the internal trans and cis isoprene units in ficaprenol-11 isolated from Ficus elastica was determined by 13C nuclear magnetic resonance.
  • (18) Using sterile conditions, antibodies to G were incubated with a suspension of transformed cells at 4 degrees C, unbound antibodies were then removed, and the cells were incubated with the immunoabsorbent (3 micron magnetic beads; J. Ugelstad et al.
  • (19) The EMD was miniaturized by using rare earth magnets in the construction of both external transmitter and internal receiver.
  • (20) We present three patients in whom the diagnosis of intranasal meningoencephalocele was made by magnetic resonance imaging.