MAGNETIC INCLINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does magnetic inclination mean? 

• MAGNETIC INCLINATION (noun)
  The noun MAGNETIC INCLINATION has 1 sense:

1. (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon

  Familiarity information: MAGNETIC INCLINATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAGNETIC INCLINATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

angle of dip; dip; inclination; magnetic dip; magnetic inclination

Hypernyms ("magnetic inclination" 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)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)