declinator

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare French déclinateur. See decline.

Noun[edit]

declinator (plural declinators)

  1. An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.
  2. (obsolete) A dissenter.
    • 1693, John Hacket, Scrinia Reserata:
      the Votes of the Declinators could not be heard for the noise

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Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

dēclīnātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of dēclīnō

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French declinateur.

Noun[edit]

declinator n (plural declinatoare)

  1. declinometer

Declension[edit]