declination

English

Etymology

From Middle English declinacioun, borrowed from Middle French declination, from Latin declinatio. Doublet of declension

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛklɪˈneɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

declination (countable and uncountable, plural declinations)

1. At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north.
2. At a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane.
3. A refusal.
   • Stow

     the queen's declination from marriage

4. (grammar, obsolete) Declension.
5. (archaic) The act or state of bending downward; inclination.

   declination of the head

6. (archaic) The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.
   • Francis Bacon

     the declination of monarchy

   • Waller

     Summer […] is not looked on as a time of declination or decay.

7. (archaic) Deviation.
   • Bentley

     the declination of atoms in their descent

   • South

     every declination and violation of the rules

Derived terms

• codeclination
• declinational
• magnetic declination

Related terms

• decline

Translations

at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north

• Bulgarian: отклонение (bg) n (otklonenie), деклинация (deklinacija)
• Czech: deklinace (cs) f
• Finnish: eranto (fi), deklinaatio (fi)
• French: déclinaison (fr) f
• German: Deklination (de) f
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• Greek: απόκλιση (el) f (apóklisi)
• Hungarian: elhajlás (hu), eltérés (hu)
• Italian: declinazione (it) f
• Russian: склоне́ние (ru) n (sklonénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: deklinacija (sh) f

at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane

• Bulgarian: деклинация f (deklinacija)
• Dutch: declinatie (nl) f
• Finnish: deklinaatio (fi)
• French: déclinaison (fr) f
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• German: Deklination (de) f
• Greek: απόκλιση (el) f (apóklisi)
• Hungarian: elhajlás (hu), eltérés (hu)
• Italian: declinazione (it) f
• Russian: склоне́ние (ru) n (sklonénije)

refusal — see also refusal

• Bulgarian: отказ (bg) m (otkaz)
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• Greek: άρνηση (el) f (árnisi)
• Hungarian: elutasítás (hu), visszautasítás (hu)
• Polish: odmowa (pl) f

declension — see declension

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