English Explanatory Dictionary

magnetic variation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

magnetic variation magnetic variations

Related words

magnetic declination
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