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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
Synonyms
Examples for "variation"
Examples for "variation"
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Future research should further investigate the reasons for test-related psychological response variation.
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However, considerable variation in preferences underlines the value of individualized treatment strategies.
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Discussion: Considerable variation exists in the quality of hospital nursing practice environments.
Pubmed
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Whatever the process, the end result is a mind-boggling amount of variation.
Speaking in Bones
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However, the bases for variation in sleep quality is not fully understood.
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It holds the magnetic variation steady during flight.
Time After Time
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Spanish navigators affirm that on these coasts the magnetic variation differs extremely from that observed at sea.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
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On these charts he set down lines connecting those localities at which the magnetic variation was identical.
Great Astronomers
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He took the "lay" of the place with a pocket-compass, allowing two seconds for magnetic variation.
A Double Barrelled Detective Story
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One chest contained a sextant, a dipping-needle, an apparatus to determine the magnetic variation, a few thermometers, and Saussure's hygrometer.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
Usage of magnetic declination in English
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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...
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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...
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In 1851 Lament, a Scotchman at Munich, found a decennial period in the daily range of magnetic declination.
History of Astronomy
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Map-to-land navigation requires you to adjust for magnetic declination, which is fairly simple but beyond the scope of this tip.
Climbing Magazine
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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
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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
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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...