MAGNETIC VARIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does magnetic variation mean? 

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

1. the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAGNETIC VARIATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

magnetic declination; magnetic variation; variation

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)