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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...