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MAGNETIC DEVIATION

Specialty Definition: MAGNETIC DEVIATION

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Aerospace

The angle between the magnetic meridian and the axis of a compass card, expressed in degrees east or west to indicate the direction in which the northern end of the compass card is offset from magnetic north. Also called deviation. Compare variation. (references)

Geography

The angle between the directions of true north and magnetic north at any point. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: MAGNETIC DEVIATION

Specialty definitions using "MAGNETIC DEVIATION": compass deflection. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: MAGNETIC DEVIATION

Language Translations for "MAGNETIC DEVIATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

misvisning (bias, convergence, distortion, magnetic declination, magnetic variation, non-sampling error, systematic error, variation), magnetisk misvisning (magnetic declination), magnetisk deklination (magnetic declination). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

magnetische afwijking (magnetic declination), geomagnetische ompoling (magnetic declination). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

magneettinen poikkeama (magnetic declination), magneettinen deklinaatio (magnetic declination), neulaluvunkorjaus (magnetic declination), eranto (magnetic declination, magnetic variation, variation). (various references)

   

French

  

déclinaison magnétique (magnetic declination, magnetic variation). (various references)

   

German

  

magnetische Deklination (magnetic declination, magnetic variation), magnetische Abweichung (magnetic declination). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

απόκλισις μαγνητικής βελόνης (magnetic declination). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

mágneses deviáció. (various references)

   

Italian

  

declinazione magnetica (magnetic declination, magnetic variation, variation). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

agneticmay eviationday

   

Portuguese

  

declinação magnética (magnetic declination). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

variación magnética (magnetic declination, magnetic variation), declinación magnética (magnetic declination, magnetic variation, variation). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

missvisning (deviation), magnetisk deklination (magnetic declination). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: MAGNETIC DEVIATION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-e-g-i-i-i-m-n-n-o-t-t-v"

-4 letters: contaminative, decontaminate.

-5 letters: antidogmatic, antimagnetic, avitaminotic, contaminated, deactivating, deactivation, denominative, inactivating, inactivation, nicotinamide, nonactivated, nonimitative, vaticinating, vaticination.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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