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Magnetic declination   Listen
noun
magnetic declination  n.  The angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north; called also magnetic variation.





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... An instrument by which the magnetic declination of any place may be determined. It is virtually a transit instrument and compass combined, the telescope surmounting the latter. In the instrument shown in the cut, L is a telescope mounted by its axis, X, in raised journals with vernier, K, and arc x, ...
— The Standard Electrical Dictionary - A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice - of Electrical Engineering • T. O'Conor Slone


Words linked to "Magnetic declination" :   variation, magnetic variation


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