magnetic deviation
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[edit]Noun
[edit]magnetic deviation (countable and uncountable, plural magnetic deviations)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see magnetic, deviation.
- 1904, Ernest Rutherford, Radio-activity, Dover, published 2004, page 117:
- Preliminary experiments with radium of activity 1000 showed that it was very difficult to determine the magnetic deviation of the α rays.
- Magnetic declination.
- 1998, John R. Ellis, Objectifying Real-Time Systems, page 483:
- This angular difference is the local magnetic deviation (Figure C.2). Navigation systems normally work relative to True North and therefore must remove the local magnetic deviation.
Synonyms
[edit]- (magnetic declination): magnetic declination, magnetic variation