EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English declinacioun, from Middle French declination, from Latin declinatio.
NounEdit
declination (plural declinations)
- 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
- Stow
- (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.
- Francis Bacon
- (archaic) Deviation.
- Bentley
- the declination of atoms in their descent
- South
- every declination and violation of the rules
- Bentley
TranslationsEdit
at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane
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declension — see declension