Usually means: Instrument measuring Earth's magnetic inclination.
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  1. dipping needle: Merriam-Webster
  2. dipping needle: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dipping-needle, dipping needle: Wordnik
  4. dipping needle: Wiktionary
  5. Dipping needle: Dictionary.com
  6. dipping-needle: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  7. dipping needle: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Dipping needle: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (dipping needle)

noun:  A magnetic needle suspended at its center of gravity, and moving freely in a vertical plane, so as to indicate on a graduated circle the magnetic dip or inclination.

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