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MAGNETIC VARIATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
Synonyms:
magnetic declination; magnetic variation; variation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("magnetic variation" is a kind of...):
angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)