| 单词 | declination |
| 释义 | declination —declinational, adj. /dek'leuh nay"sheuhn/, n. 1. a bending, sloping, or moving downward. 2. deterioration; decline. 3. a swerving or deviating, as from a standard. 4. a polite refusal. 5. Astron. the angular distance of a heavenly body from the celestial equator, measured on the great circle passing through the celestial pole and the body. 6. variation (def. 8). 7. the formal refusal by a nominee of a nomination to public office. [1350-1400; ME declinacioun < OF declinacion < L declination- (s. of declinatio), equiv. to declinat(us), lit., turned aside (ptp. of declinare; see DECLINE, -ATE1) + -ion- -ION] |
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