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Definition of Magnetic inclination
1. Noun. (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon.
Category relationships: Natural Philosophy, Physics
Generic synonyms: Angle
Derivative terms: Incline
Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnetic Inclination
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). ..."