declination
/ˌdeklɪˈneɪʃən/noun
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- Astronomy the angular distance of a point north or south of the celestial equator【天文】赤纬。比较RIGHT ASCENSION和CELESTIAL LATITUDE.
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- the angular deviation of a compass needle from true north (because the magnetic north pole and the geographic north pole do not coincide)磁偏角, 磁偏差。
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- US formal refusal〈美, 正式〉拒绝：
as modifier the mandatory vaccine declination form.拒绝强制接种疫苗申报表。
派生词
declinational
adjective词源
late Middle English: from Latin declinatio（n-）, from the verb declinare （see DECLINE）.