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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dip, angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, inclinationnoun

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

Wiktionary

  1. magnetic dipnoun

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

Wikipedia

  1. Magnetic dip

    Magnetic dip, dip angle, or magnetic inclination is the angle made with the horizontal by the Earth's magnetic field lines. This angle varies at different points on the Earth's surface. Positive values of inclination indicate that the magnetic field of the Earth is pointing downward, into the Earth, at the point of measurement, and negative values indicate that it is pointing upward. The dip angle is in principle the angle made by the needle of a vertically held compass, though in practice ordinary compass needles may be weighted against dip or may be unable to move freely in the correct plane. The value can be measured more reliably with a special instrument typically known as a dip circle. Dip angle was discovered by the engineer Georg Hartmann in 1544. A method of measuring it with a dip circle was described by Robert Norman in England in 1581.

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  1. magnetic dip

    Magnetic dip, also known as magnetic inclination or dip angle, is the angle made with the horizontal by the Earth's magnetic field lines. This angle varies at different points on the Earth's surface. It is positive in the northern hemisphere indicating the field lines are inclined downwards, and negative in the southern hemisphere, indicating an upward inclination. This angle plays a crucial role in navigation and is used in various fields like geomagnetism and geophysics.

Wikidata

  1. Magnetic dip

    Magnetic dip, dip angle, or magnetic inclination is the angle made with the horizontal by the compass needle of a vertically held compass. This angle varies at different points on the Earth's surface. Positive values of inclination indicate that the magnetic field of the Earth is pointing downward, into the Earth, at the point of measurement. The value can be measured with an instrument typically known as a dip circle. Dip angle was discovered by the engineer Georg Hartmann in 1544.

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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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of magnetic dip in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of magnetic dip in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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