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   Dec·li·na·tion

   /ˌdekləˈnāSHən/

   

   noun

   • 1. the angular distance of a point north or south of the celestial equator: "the declination of Arcturus is 19 degrees north"
   • ▪ the angular deviation of a compass needle from true north (because the magnetic north pole and the geographic north pole do not coincide).
   • 2. formal refusal: US "in the face of this declination of the proposition"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin declinatio(n-), from the verb declinare (see decline).

   Derivatives

   • 1. declinational adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • C

     3

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

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