Word
Declination
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
dec-li-na-tion
Definition
- n. - The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as,
declination of the head.
- n. - The act or state of falling off or declining from
excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.
- n. - The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion;
obliquity; withdrawal.
- n. - The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal;
refusal; averseness.
- n. - The angular distance of any object from the celestial
equator, either northward or southward.
- n. - The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical
plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west,
or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or
south.
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