英语词汇“declination of the compass”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

declination of the compass

释义

decline /di-klīnˈ/

intransitive verb

To fail or decay, eg in health or fortune
To stoop or condescend
To draw to an end
To bend or turn away
To deviate
To refuse
To bend or slope down

transitive verb

To give the various cases of (grammar)
To bend down
To turn away from
To refuse
To avoid

noun

A falling-off
Deviation
Decay
A period of gradual deterioration
A gradual sinking of the bodily faculties, consumption (archaic)
A downward slope

ORIGIN: L dēclīnāre to bend away, from dē down, away from, and clīnāre to bend (partly through Fr décliner)

declīnˈable adjective (grammar)

Having different inflections according to the case

declīˈnal adjective

Bending downwards

declinant /dekˈlin-ənt/ adjective (heraldry)

Having the tail hanging down

decˈlinate adjective (botany)

Curving downwards

declināˈtion noun

Act of declining (US)
A sloping or bending downwards
Deviation
The angular distance of a heavenly body from the celestial equator (astronomy)

decˈlinātor noun

An instrument determining declination

declīnˈatory adjective

Containing a declination or refusal

declīnˈature noun

Act of declining or refusing
A plea declining the jurisdiction of a judge (law)

declinomˈeter noun

An instrument for measuring declination in various senses, esp the declination of the compass or magnetic declination (ie the deviation of the magnetic needle from the true north), or the declination or dip of a compass needle (see dip of the needle under dip)

on the decline

In the process of becoming less, deteriorating

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