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Meanings of magnetic variation in English
Portuguese
declinação magnética Catalan
declinació magnètica 
The angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north.
Synonyms
Examples for "variation"
Examples for "variation"
1
Future research should further investigate the reasons for test-related psychological response variation.
2
However, considerable variation in preferences underlines the value of individualized treatment strategies.
3
Discussion: Considerable variation exists in the quality of hospital nursing practice environments.
4
Whatever the process, the end result is a mind-boggling amount of variation.
5
However, the bases for variation in sleep quality is not fully understood.
1
A time-shot was successful, and observations were also taken for magnetic declination.
2
Webb at once proceeded to take full magnetic declination, time and azimuth observations, Laseron recording for him.
3
In 1851 Lament, a Scotchman at Munich, found a decennial period in the daily range of magnetic declination.
4
Map-to-land navigation requires you to adjust for magnetic declination, which is fairly simple but beyond the scope of this tip.
5
This can be approximately obtained by a good compass, and allowance made for the magnetic declination at your own place.
Usage of magnetic variation in English
1
It holds the magnetic variation steady during flight.
2
Spanish navigators affirm that on these coasts the magnetic variation differs extremely from that observed at sea.
3
On these charts he set down lines connecting those localities at which the magnetic variation was identical.
4
He took the "lay" of the place with a pocket-compass, allowing two seconds for magnetic variation.
5
One chest contained a sextant, a dipping-needle, an apparatus to determine the magnetic variation, a few thermometers, and Saussure's hygrometer.
6
We have the longitude and the latitude, corrected for magnetic variation, and this gives us the exact location of the tragedy.
7
Dovers made a long series of observations for longitude, latitude and magnetic variation, while Hoadley examined the rocks and took photographs.
8
By an azimuth of the sun's centre taken this morning, the magnetic variation was observed to be about 20 minutes west.
9
Navigators can cope with this because it's now easy to update the information about changes in the local magnetic variation from true North.
10
He had also traveled far and wide to measure magnetic variation, so he was well versed in longitude lore-andpersonally immersed in the quest.
11
Moreover, the magnetic variation is 18 degrees 3 degrees at Talcahuano April 23rd, the true meridian bearing to the right of the magnetic.
12
Let the magnetic variation be N. 15° W., and the observed bearings A 290, B 320, then the position stands as in Fig.
13
Extensive notes and observations by Newton on astronomy and magnetic variations on pp.
14
Magnetic variation 7 degrees 8 minutes 15 seconds East.
15
38, or, correcting for magnetic variation, as in Fig.
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Magnetic variation through the time