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declination en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌdɛklɪˈneɪʃən/
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north.
2. (countable, uncountable) At a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane.
3. (countable, uncountable) A refusal.
   • the queen's declination from marriage 1746, Arthur Collins, Letters And Memorials Of State In the Reigns of Queen Mary:
4. (countable, uncountable) The gradual decline in the overall fundamental frequency or pitch of speech over the course of an utterance, independent of local variations such as tones and pitch accents.
5. (countable, qualifier:obsolete or non-native speakers' English, uncountable) Declension.
6. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The act or state of bending downward; inclination.
   • declination of the head
7. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.
   • the declination of monarchy 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Cunning”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
   • Summer […] is not looked on as a time of declination or decay. c. 1635, Edmund Waller, To My Young Lady Lucy Sidney:
8. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Deviation.
   • this declination of atoms in their descent 1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693:
   • November 2, 1690, Robert South, Sinners Inexcusable from Natural Religion Only every violation of and declination from the rules

Forms

Coordinates

right ascension

Deriveds

codeclination · declinational · declination circle

Relateds

decline

Synonyms

rejection · abnegation · refusal · declination · denial · dissension · prohibition · nonconsent · nonassent · rejection · renunciation · nonapproval · denial · turndown · disapproval · nonassent · magnetic declination · repudiation · unconsent · unapproval · δ

Translations (47)

cmn 赤緯 /赤纬 (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · de Deklination (at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane) · enm declinacioun (at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane) · hu elutasítás (refusal) · hi दिक्पात (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · ar مِيل (at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane) · sv agnetisk deklination (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · tr varyasyon (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · de Deklination (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · nl declinatie (at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane) · pl deklinacja (at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane) · sv missvisning (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · tr dik açıklık (at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane) · bg деклинация (at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane) · de Missweisung (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · hu eltérés (at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane) · fi eranto (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · cs deklinace (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · fi deklinaatio (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · sv deklination (at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane) · bg отклонение (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · hu eltérés (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · ru склоне́ние (at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane) · bg деклинация (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · vi xích vĩ (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · hu elhajlás (at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane) · tr deklinasyon (at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane) · tr manyetik sapma (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · pl odmowa (refusal) · el απόκλιση (at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane) · sh deklinacija (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · hu visszautasítás (refusal) · ja 赤緯 (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · de Ortsmissweisung (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · hu elhajlás (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · fa میل (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · el άρνηση (refusal) · pl deklinacja (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · fr déclinaison (at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane) · el απόκλιση (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · ko 적위 (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · fi deklinaatio (at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane) · ru склоне́ние (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · it declinazione (at a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane) · fr déclinaison (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north) · bg отказ (refusal) · it declinazione (at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north)