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 Translation for 'declination' from English to Russian
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NOUN   a declination | declinations
SYNO celestial latitude | dec | declension | ...
астрон.
склонение {с} <δ>
declination <δ>
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Translation for 'declination' from English to Russian

declination <δ>
склонение {с} <δ>астрон.
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Usage Examples English
  • Sedimentation from the three rivers forms the eastern edge of the plain, which easily shows the declination of the area.
  • Declination is positive for an eastward deviation of the field relative to true north.
  • In some 18th and 19th century astronomical texts, declination is given as "North Pole Distance" (N.P.D.), which is equivalent to 90 – (declination).
  • Because the Moon is relatively close to the Earth, lunar parallax alters declination up to 0.95° when observed from Earth's surface versus geocentric declination, the declination of the Moon from the center of the Earth.
  • The epoch of the stellar positions is estimated to be near the First Century for the stars with declination less than fifty degrees, and to be near 1395 AD for stars with declination higher than fifty degrees.

  • This is given in the declination for the body on a particular day in the year (also taken from the nautical almanac).
  • The changes in solar declination become smaller as the Sun gets closer to its maximum/minimum declination.
  • While his contemporary Roger Bacon is reputed to observe that compasses deviated from true north, the idea of magnetic declination was only gradually accepted.
  • As the observer's latitude increases (traveling north) so does the declination.
  • Whiteoak, an Australian radio astronomer, used the same instrument to extend POSS-I data south to −42 deg declination.

  • Bečvář went on to create a number of other atlases: "Atlas Eclipticalis" (the celestial region between −30° and +30° declination on 32 maps), "Atlas Borealis" (the celestial region north of declination +30° on 24 maps), and "Atlas Australis" (the celestial region south of declination −30° on 24 maps).
  • In order to illustrate the conjugation in the respective moods and times, one verb of the first declination (лекташ – to go) and one verb of the second declination (мондаш – to forget) will be used.
  • Catalogue index consists of two numbers - declination rounded to multiplier of 10 degrees, with sign, and star ordinal number within declination band.
  • By convention, declination is positive when magnetic north is east of true north, and negative when it is to the west.
  • Precession and proper motion mean that Sirius will be a future southern pole star: at 88.4° S declination in the year 66,270 AD; and 87.7° S declination in the year 93,830 AD.

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