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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   declination

   • IPA[ˌdekləˈnāSHən]

   美式

   • n.
     the angular distance of a point north or south of the celestial equator；the angular deviation of a compass needle from true north (because the magnetic north pole and the geographic north pole do not coincide).

   • noun: declination, plural noun: declinations

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the angular distance of a point north or south of the celestial equator the declination of Arcturus is 19 degrees north
   • ▪ the angular deviation of a compass needle from true north (because the magnetic north pole and the geographic north pole do not coincide).
   • 2. US formal refusal in the face of this declination of the proposition