Declination



GRE

解释

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• n. 倾斜; 衰微
• ［英］ n. 倾斜 ( a bending or sloping downward) ;衰微 ( deterioration; decay)
• ［记］ de+clin ( 倾斜) +ation -> 倾斜下去
• ［同］ 同根词: inclination ( 偏好)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English declinacioun, from Middle French declination, from Latin declination-, declinatio angle of the heavens, turning aside
• Date: 14th century
• 1. angular distance north or south from the celestial equator measured along a great circle passing through the celestial poles
• 2. a turning aside or swerving
• 3. deterioration <moral declination>
• 4. a bending downward ; inclination
• 5. a formal refusal
• 6. the angle formed between a magnetic needle and the geographical meridian
• ? declinational adjective

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