declination
At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true northAt a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north.
» There are no declinations in Portuguese.
Meaning
8 senses(countable, uncountable)At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north.
Deklination, Missweisung, Ortsmissweisung
склоне́ниеsklonénije
(countable, uncountable)At a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane.
Deklination
склоне́ниеsklonénije
(countable, uncountable)A refusal.
a polite refusal of an invitation
(countable, uncountable)The gradual decline in the overall fundamental frequency or pitch of speech over the course of an utterance, independent of local variations such as tones and pitch accents.
(countable, uncountable)Declension.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)The act or state of bending downward; inclination.
declination of the head
(archaic, countable, uncountable)The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.
a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Deviation.
November 2, 1690, Robert South, Sinners Inexcusable from Natural Religion Only every violation of and declination from the rules
Examples
3 sentencesThere are no declinations in Portuguese.
How many declinations are there in German?
In Chinese there's no grammatical genders, no plural forms, no declinations, and no conjugations either.
deIm Chinesischen gibt es weder ein Genus, noch einen Plural, noch eine Deklination und auch keine Konjugation.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English declinacioun, borrowed from Middle French declination, from Latin declFrom Middle English declinacioun, borrowed from Middle French declination, from Latin declinatio. Doublet of declension.
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Forms
plural: declinations| Singular | declination |
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regular
Synonyms
27 synonyms- a polite refusal of an invitation:regrets
- (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere:celestial latitudedec
- a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline:decline
- a downward slope or bend:descentdeclivityfalldeclinedeclensiondownslope
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable