Definition of Magnetic inclination

1. Noun. (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon.

Exact synonyms: Angle Of Dip, Dip, Inclination, Magnetic Dip
Category relationships: Natural Philosophy, Physics
Generic synonyms: Angle
Derivative terms: Incline

Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnetic Inclination

magnetic disk
magnetic energies
magnetic energy
magnetic equator
magnetic field
magnetic field gradient
magnetic field strength
magnetic fields
magnetic flux
magnetic flux densities
magnetic flux density
magnetic flux unit
magnetic force
magnetic head
magnetic implant
magnetic inclination (current term)
magnetic induction
magnetic inertia
magnetic ink
magnetic intensity
magnetic iron-ore
magnetic island
magnetic lens
magnetic levitation
magnetic levitation train
magnetic line of force
magnetic mach number
magnetic medium
magnetic meridian
magnetic mine

Literary usage of Magnetic inclination

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

1. Lessons in Elementary Practical Physics by Balfour Stewart, William Winson Haldane Gee (1901)
"LESSON L.—magnetic inclination by the Dip Circle. 110. Apparatus.—The dip circle, exhibited in Fig. 138, the most essential part of which is the magnetic ..."

2. Lessons in Elementary Practical Physics by Balfour Stewart, William Winson Haldane Gee (1887)
"LESSON L.—magnetic inclination by the Dip Circle. 110. Apparatus.-—The dip circle, exhibited in Fig. 138, the most essential part of which is the magnetic ..."

3. Laboratory Physics: A Students Manual for Colleges and Scientific Schools by Dayton Clarence Miller (1903)
"EARTH'S magnetic inclination AND INTENSITY WITH THE EARTH INDUCTOR Determine the magnetic inclination with the earth inductor by two methods; determine the ..."

4. An Introduction to Physical Measurements: With Appendices on Absolute by Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch, Thomas Hutchinson Waller, Henry Richardson Procter (1899)
"magnetic inclination. Inclination is the angle which the direction of terrestrial .gnetic force makes with the horizontal (Table 24). ..."

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