Definitions for declinationˌdɛk ləˈneɪ ʃən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

dec•li•na•tionˌdɛk ləˈneɪ ʃən(n.)

  1. a bending, sloping, or moving downward.

  2. Ref: deterioration.

  3. deviation, as from a standard.

  4. a polite refusal.


    Category: Astronomy

  6. Category: Navy

    Ref: variation (def. 8). 8

Origin of declination:

1350–1400; declinacioun < OF declinacion < L dēclīnātiō <dēclīnā(re) (see decline )

Princeton's WordNet

  1. decline, declination(noun)


  2. descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope(noun)

    a downward slope or bend

  3. declination, celestial latitude, dec(noun)


  4. declination, regrets(noun)

    a polite refusal of an invitation


  1. declination(Noun)

    At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north.

  2. declination(Noun)

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

  3. declination(Noun)

    A refusal.

  4. declination(Noun)


  5. declination(Noun)


  6. Origin: From declinacioun, from declination, from declinatio.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Declination(noun)

    the act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head

  2. Declination(noun)


  3. Declination(noun)

    the act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion; obliquity; withdrawal

  4. Declination(noun)

    the act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal; refusal; averseness

  5. Declination(noun)

    the angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward

  6. Declination(noun)


  7. Declination(noun)

    the act of inflecting a word; declension. See Decline, v. t., 4


  1. Declination

    In astronomy, declination is one of the two angles that locate a point on the celestial sphere in the equatorial coordinate system, the other being hour angle. Declination's angle is measured north or south of the celestial equator, along the hour circle passing through the point in question. The root of word the declination means "a bending away" or "a bending down". It comes from the same root as the words incline and recline.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

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