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At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: magnetic declination
Antonyms: none provided
At a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: δ
Antonyms: none provided
A refusal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nonassent, denial, rejection, abnegation, declination, turndown, disapproval, dissension, nonapproval, nonconsent, prohibition, refusal, renunciation, repudiation, unapproval, unconsent
Antonyms: none provided
The gradual decline in the overall fundamental frequency or pitch of speech over the course of an utterance, independent of local variations such as tones and pitch accents.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Declension.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: obsolete or non-native speakers' English
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The act or state of bending downward; inclination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Deviation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
Examples
- November 2, 1690, Robert South, Sinners Inexcusable from Natural Religion Only every violation of and declination from the rules
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a polite refusal of an invitation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: regrets
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: acknowledgment, acknowledgement, refusal
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: celestial latitude, dec
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: angular distance
a downward slope or bend
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: descent, declivity, fall, decline, declension, downslope
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: slope, incline, side
Narrower terms: downhill, steep
a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: decline
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: condition, status
Narrower terms: neglect, disuse, twilight, wreck
From Middle English declinacioun, borrowed from Middle French declination, from Latin declinatio. Doublet of declension.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
отклонение
(otklonenie)
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Bulgarian:
деклинация
(deklinacija)
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Chinese Mandarin:
赤緯 /赤纬
(chìwěi)
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Czech:
deklinace
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Finnish:
eranto
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Finnish:
deklinaatio
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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French:
déclinaison
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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German:
Deklination
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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German:
Missweisung
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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German:
Ortsmissweisung
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Greek:
απόκλιση
(apóklisi)
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Hindi:
दिक्पात
(dikpāt)
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Hungarian:
elhajlás
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Hungarian:
eltérés
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Italian:
declinazione
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Japanese:
赤緯
(sekii)
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Korean:
적위
(jeogwi)
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Persian:
میل
(meyl)
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Polish:
deklinacja
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Russian:
склоне́ние
(sklonénije)
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Serbo-Croatian:
deklinacija
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Swedish:
agnetisk deklination
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Swedish:
missvisning
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Turkish:
manyetik sapma
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Turkish:
varyasyon
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Vietnamese:
xích vĩ
— at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north
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Arabic:
مِيل
(mīl)
— 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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Bulgarian:
деклинация
(deklinacija)
— 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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Dutch:
declinatie
— 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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Finnish:
deklinaatio
— 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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French:
déclinaison
— 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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German:
Deklination
— 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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Greek:
απόκλιση
(apóklisi)
— 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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Hungarian:
elhajlás
— 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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Hungarian:
eltérés
— 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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Italian:
declinazione
— 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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Middle English:
declinacioun
— 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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Polish:
deklinacja
— 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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Russian:
склоне́ние
(sklonénije)
— 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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Swedish:
deklination
— 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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Turkish:
deklinasyon
— 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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Turkish:
dik açıklık
— 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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Bulgarian:
отказ
(otkaz)
— refusal
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Greek:
άρνηση
(árnisi)
— refusal
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Hungarian:
elutasítás
— refusal
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Hungarian:
visszautasítás
— refusal
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Polish:
odmowa
— refusal