declination
Definition: The angular distance of a point north or south of the celestial equator;The angular deviation of a compass needle from true north (because the magnetic north pole and the geographic north pole do not coincide).Example senences:
Example Sentences:
To calculate the distance we need to know the declination of the sun on a given day.
The compass needle and a knowledge of magnetic declination, the angle between the magnetic north and geographic north, were developments from this knowledge; they were described by Shen Kua in 1088
برای ذخیره و تمرین کلمات، لطفاً وارد سایت شوید.
بعد از ورود، به همین صفحه بازخواهید گشت.