declination

English

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

declination (countable and uncountable, plural declinations)

At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north.
At a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane.
A refusal.
- Stow
  the queen's declination from marriage
(grammar) Declension.
(archaic) The act or state of bending downward; inclination.
declination of the head
(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.
(archaic) Deviation.
- Bentley
  the declination of atoms in their descent
- South
  every declination and violation of the rules

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

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

refusal

declension — see declension

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