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agonic, a.|əˈgɒnɪk|
[mod. f. Gr. ἄγων-ος, ἀγώνι-ος, without angle (f. ἀ priv. + γωνία angle), + -ic.]
Having or making no angle, having no inclination; as in agonic line, the irregular line passing through the two magnetic poles of the earth along which the magnetic needle points directly north or south; the line of no magnetic variation.
1863Atkinson tr. Ganot's Physics viii. §674 In certain parts of the earth the magnet coincides with the geographical meridian. These points are connected by an irregularly curved imaginary line, called a line of no variation or agonic line. |