单词 | declination |
释义 | declination/ˌdɛklɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n![]() noun 1 Astronomy The angular distance of a point north or south of the celestial equator: the declination of Arcturus is 19 degrees north...
1.1The angular deviation of a compass needle from true north (because the magnetic north pole and the geographic north pole do not coincide).The compass needle and a knowledge of magnetic declination, the angle between the magnetic north and geographic north, were developments from this knowledge; they were described by Shen Kua in 1088....
2 Linguistics another term for downdrift. 3US Formal refusal: [as modifier]: the mandatory vaccine declination form...
Derivativesdeclinational
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin declinatio(n-), from the verb declinare (see decline). |
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