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magnetic declination

noun

  1. the angle that a compass needle makes with the direction of the geographical north pole at any given point on the earth's surface Also calleddeclinationmagnetic variation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


magnetic declination

  1. The horizontal angle between the true geographic North Pole and the magnetic north pole, as figured from a specific point on the Earth.


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