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Etymology

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From Dutch declinatie, from Middle Dutch declinacie, from Latin dēclīnātiō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [dekliˈnasi]
  • Hyphenation: dék‧li‧na‧si
  • Rhymes: -si, -i

Noun

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déklinasi (plural deklinasi-deklinasi, first-person possessive deklinasiku, second-person possessive deklinasimu, third-person possessive deklinasinya)

  1. declination:
    1. (astronomy) one of the two angles that locate a point on the celestial sphere in the equatorial coordinate system
    2. (geography, physics) the angle between magnetic north and true north; the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane.
  2. (grammar) declension: the act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.

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