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Declination vs Declinator - What's the difference?

declination | declinator |

As nouns the difference between declination and declinator

is that declination is at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north while declinator is an instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.

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

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    declinator

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.
  • (obsolete) A dissenter.
    • (Bishop Hacket)
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