"declination" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌdɛklɪˈneɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-declination.wav Forms: declinations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle English declinacioun, borrowed from Middle French declination, from Latin declinatio. Doublet of declension. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱley-|id=incline}}, {{inh|en|enm|declinacioun}} Middle English declinacioun, {{der|en|frm|declination}} Middle French declination, {{der|en|la|declinatio}} Latin declinatio, {{doublet|en|declension}} Doublet of declension Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} declination (countable and uncountable, plural declinations)
  1. At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: magnetic declination Translations (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north): отклонение (otklonenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), деклинация (deklinacija) (Bulgarian), deklinace [feminine] (Czech), eranto (Finnish), deklinaatio (Finnish), déclinaison [feminine] (French), Deklination [feminine] (German), Missweisung [feminine] (German), Ortsmissweisung [feminine] (German), απόκλιση (apóklisi) [feminine] (Greek), elhajlás (Hungarian), eltérés (Hungarian), declinazione [feminine] (Italian), میل (meyl) (Persian), склоне́ние (sklonénije) [neuter] (Russian), deklinacija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), agnetisk deklination [common-gender] (Swedish), missvisning [common-gender] (Swedish), manyetik sapma (Turkish), varyasyon (Turkish)
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  2. At a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: δ Translations (at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane): مِيل (mīl) [masculine] (Arabic), деклинация (deklinacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), отказ (otkaz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), declinatie [feminine] (Dutch), deklinaatio (Finnish), déclinaison [feminine] (French), Deklination [feminine] (German), απόκλιση (apóklisi) [feminine] (Greek), άρνηση (árnisi) [feminine] (Greek), elhajlás (Hungarian), eltérés (Hungarian), elutasítás (Hungarian), visszautasítás (Hungarian), declinazione [feminine] (Italian), odmowa [feminine] (Polish), склоне́ние (sklonénije) [neuter] (Russian), deklination [common-gender] (Swedish), deklinasyon (Turkish), dik açıklık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-declination-en-noun-OivO9UJe Disambiguation of 'at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane': 34 58 1 2 1 3 1
  3. A refusal. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-declination-en-noun-dZK7y4ZU
  4. (grammar, obsolete) Declension. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-declination-en-noun-rHt0F0gY Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  5. (archaic) The act or state of bending downward; inclination. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-declination-en-noun-C1ta6m-3
  6. (archaic) The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-declination-en-noun-n7CnJLGz
  7. (archaic) Deviation. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-declination-en-noun-VCvq-7-I
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: codeclination, declinational, declination circle Related terms: decline

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north",
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          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "_dis1": "73 18 1 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apóklisi",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "73 18 1 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north",
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          "_dis1": "73 18 1 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north",
          "word": "eltérés"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "declinazione"
        },
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          "_dis1": "73 18 1 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "meyl",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north",
          "word": "میل"
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          "_dis1": "73 18 1 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sklonénije",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north",
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          "word": "deklinacija"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north",
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          "word": "agnetisk deklination"
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          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north",
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          "_dis1": "73 18 1 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north",
          "word": "manyetik sapma"
        },
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          "_dis1": "73 18 1 2 1 4 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north",
          "word": "varyasyon"
        }
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          "text": "Coordinate term: right ascension"
        }
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        }
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          "_dis1": "34 58 1 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "mīl",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "مِيل"
        },
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          "_dis1": "34 58 1 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "deklinacija",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "деклинация"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "declinatie"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane",
          "word": "deklinaatio"
        },
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          "_dis1": "34 58 1 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "déclinaison"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 58 1 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Deklination"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 58 1 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apóklisi",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "απόκλιση"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 58 1 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane",
          "word": "elhajlás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 58 1 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane",
          "word": "eltérés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 58 1 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "declinazione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 58 1 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sklonénije",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "склоне́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 58 1 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "deklination"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 58 1 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane",
          "word": "deklinasyon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 58 1 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane",
          "word": "dik açıklık"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 58 1 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otkaz",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "отказ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 58 1 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "árnisi",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "άρνηση"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane",
          "word": "elutasítás"
        },
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          "_dis1": "34 58 1 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane",
          "word": "visszautasítás"
        },
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          "_dis1": "34 58 1 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "odmowa"
        }
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          "ref": "1746, Arthur Collins, Letters And Memorials Of State In the Reigns of Queen Mary:",
          "text": "the queen's declination from marriage",
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        "A refusal."
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