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magnetic variations

magnetic variations is the plural of magnetic variation.

Meaning of magnetic variation

Noun

magnetic variation (countable and uncountable, plural magnetic variations)

  1. (navigation) In navigation, at a given place and time, the horizontal angle between the true north and magnetic north measured east or west according to whether magnetic north lies east or west of true north.
  2. In cartography, the annual change in direction of the horizontal component of the Earth’s magnetic field.

Questions about magnetic variations

What is magnetic variations the plural of?
Magnetic variations is the plural of magnetic variation.

Words near magnetic variations in the dictionary

  1. magnetic thermometer
  2. magnetic thermometers
  3. magnetic trap
  4. magnetic traps
  5. magnetic variation
  6. magnetic variations
  7. magnetic-resonance imaging
  8. magnetical
  9. magnetically
  10. magneticalness
  11. magnetician

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