Definitions for magnetic dip

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dip, angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, inclination(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. magnetic dip(Noun)

    The angle between magnetic north and the horizontal (as shown by a compass held vertically).

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

  1. Magnetic Dip

    The inclination from the horizontal assumed by a magnetic needle free to move in the vertical plane. (See Magnetic Elements.) The angle of dip or inclination is entirely a function of the earth, not of the needle.


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