English Explanatory Dictionary

compass deflection

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The difference, expressed in degrees, between the direction a magnetic compass needle points and true or astronomical north; magnetic declination.
  2. Differences, expressed in degrees, between magnetic north directions and the direction a magnetic compass points, owing to local magnetic interferences; magnetic deviation.

Word forms

compass deflection compass deflections
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