Deflection vs Declination - What's the difference?
deflection | declination |
The act of deflecting or something deflected.
* 1918 , H. G. Wells, Joan and Peter
The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.
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
(grammar) Declension.
(archaic) The act or state of bending downward; inclination.
(archaic) The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.
* Francis Bacon
* Waller
(archaic) Deviation.
* Bentley
* South
As nouns the difference between deflection and declination
is that deflection is the act of deflecting or something deflected while declination is at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north.deflection
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(wikipedia deflection)Alternative forms
* deflexion (British)Noun
(en noun)- The next morning Oswald stopped short in the middle of his shaving, which in his case involved the most tortuous deflections and grimacings.
declination
English
(wikipedia declination)Noun
(en noun)- the queen's declination from marriage
- declination of the head
- the declination of monarchy
- Summer is not looked on as a time of declination or decay.
- the declination of atoms in their descent
- every declination and violation of the rules
