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Magnetic variation Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Magnetic variation has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north

2

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.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
angle
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