From: ralph.frost@gmail.com   
      
   Please pardon my poorly worded question. Are there ~independent methods   
   of detecting a north pole/flux of a magnet from a south pole/flux?   
      
   When I hold two rod magnets, one in each hand, and the center ends   
   attract, I can obtain repulsion two ways by giving either magnet/hand   
   one-half spin.  Thus it appears that repulsion is attraction with   
   one-half spin (and potentially, 'north is south with one-half spin'...)   
      
   Generally, we are taught that one of these repulsions is 'north-north'   
   and the other is 'south-south' (like-pole repulsion).   
      
   I understand that if I am given an unmarked magnet, that I can assign   
   its ends a north or south label by the way it orients, say, within the   
   local geomagnetic field and ~relative to our prevailing planetary   
   spatial orientation relative to the 'North Star' -- Polaris.   
      
   But, I wonder, and my question is, other than the inherited, nested, or   
   cross-dimensional correlation, does physics have any other means or   
   measures that determine if a repulsive magnetic region is 'north-north'   
   rather than 'south-south'?  For instance, do they 'look different' under   
   different spectral scannings?   
      
   I'm curious about this because it seems like our words seem to imply or   
   identify the existence of two separate 'things' whereas empirically,   
   there is or seems to be only the one, rather entangled or inseparable   
   'thing'.   
      
   Thanks in advance for any clarifications.   
      
   Best regards,   
   Ralph Frost   
      
   Reality is nested structured~duality.   
      
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