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magnetic deviations

magnetic deviations is the plural of magnetic deviation.

Meaning of magnetic deviation

Noun

magnetic deviation (countable and uncountable, plural magnetic deviations)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see magnetic, deviation.
    • 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, published 2004, page 117
  2. The difference in angle between magnetic north and the north shown by a compass at any given location and time, caused by interference from local magnetic fields.
  3. Magnetic declination.
    • 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

Questions about magnetic deviations

What is magnetic deviations the plural of?
Magnetic deviations is the plural of magnetic deviation.

Words near magnetic deviations in the dictionary

  1. magnetic crochet
  2. magnetic crochets
  3. magnetic declination
  4. magnetic declinations
  5. magnetic deviation
  6. magnetic deviations
  7. magnetic dip
  8. magnetic dips
  9. magnetic drawing board
  10. magnetic drawing boards
  11. magnetic energies

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