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Definition of Agonic

1. a. Not forming an angle.

Definition of Agonic

1. Adjective. (geometry) Lacking an angle. ¹

2. Adjective. (cartography navigation) Having a magnetic deviation of zero. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Agonic

1. not forming an angle [adj]

Medical Definition of Agonic

1. Not forming an angle. Agonic line, an imaginary line on the earth's surface passing through those places where the magnetic needle points to the true north; the line of no magnetic variation. There is one such line in the Western hemisphere, and another in the Eastern hemisphere. Origin: Gr. Without angles; priv. + an angle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agonic

Literary usage of Agonic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Natural Philosophy: V. 5 Electricity, Magnetism, and Acoustics by Dionysius Lardner (1874)
"agonic lines. — There are two lines on the earth's surface which have been called agonic lines, upon which there is no declination; and where, therefore, ..."

2. Hand-books of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy by Dionysius Lardner, George Carey Foster (1874)
"agonic lines. — There are two lines on the earth's surface which have been called agonic lines, upon which there is no declination ; and where, therefore, ..."

3. Terrestrial Magnetism and Its Causes: A Contribution Towards the Elucidation by Frederick Alexander Black (1905)
"The " indirect "'agonic lines, and lines of equal magnetic variation.—The complexity of the influences affecting them, and the bearing of the shape of the ..."

4. The Practical Teacher by Joseph Hughes (1883)
"And every one will rush to buy His famous new agonic EYK ! ... For opinions of the Press on agonic Eyed Needles, see— La Mode Illustrée, October, 1881. ..."

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