magnetic deviation
English
Noun
magnetic deviation (countable and uncountable, plural magnetic deviations)
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see magnetic, deviation.
- 1904, Ernest Rutherford, Radio-activity, Dover, 2004, page 117,
- Preliminary experiments with radium of activity 1000 showed that it was very difficult to determine the magnetic deviation of the α rays.
- 1904, Ernest Rutherford, Radio-activity, Dover, 2004, page 117,
- Magnetic declination.
- 1998, John R. Ellis, Objectifying Real-Time Systems, page 483,
- This angular difference is the local magnetic deviation (Figure C.2). Navigation systems normally work relative to True North and therefore must remove the local magnetic deviation.
- 1998, John R. Ellis, Objectifying Real-Time Systems, page 483,
Synonyms
- (magnetic declination): magnetic declination, magnetic variation
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