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Meanings of magnetic declination in English

Russian
магнитное склонение
Portuguese
declinação magnética
Catalan
declinació magnètica
Spanish
declinación magnética
Wikidata

The angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north.

        магнитное склонение
        Usage of magnetic declination in English
        1
        A time-shot was successful, and observations were also taken for magnetic declination.
        The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
        2
        Webb at once proceeded to take full magnetic declination, time and azimuth observations, Laseron recording for him.
        The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
        3
        In 1851 Lament, a Scotchman at Munich, found a decennial period in the daily range of magnetic declination.
        History of Astronomy
        4
        Map-to-land navigation requires you to adjust for magnetic declination, which is fairly simple but beyond the scope of this tip.
        Climbing Magazine
        5
        This can be approximately obtained by a good compass, and allowance made for the magnetic declination at your own place.
        The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
        6
        Now, here is what we know with most certainty as to the magnetic declination of Paris at the epoch in question:
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891
        7
        While Murphy and Laseron went back two miles to recover them, Webb secured a magnetic declination and I took sun observations for time and azimuth.
        The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...