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declination | x |

As a noun declination

is at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

declination

English

(wikipedia declination)

Noun

(en noun)
  • At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north.
  • At a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane.
  • A refusal.
  • * Stow
    • the queen's declination from marriage
  • (grammar) Declension.
  • (archaic) The act or state of bending downward; inclination.
    • declination of the head
  • (archaic) The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • the declination of monarchy
  • * Waller
    • Summer is not looked on as a time of declination or decay.
  • (archaic) Deviation.
  • * Bentley
    • the declination of atoms in their descent
  • * South
    • every declination and violation of the rules

    Related terms

    * decline

    Derived terms

    * magnetic declination

    Anagrams

    *

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----