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declination (enc)
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Declination| Noun | 1. | declination - a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better statecondition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" disuse, neglect - the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect" twilight - a condition of decline following successes; "in the twilight of the empire" wreck - something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation; "the house was a wreck when they bought it"; "thanks to that quack I am a human wreck" | | | 2. | declination - (astronomy) the angular distance to a point on a celestial object measured north or south from the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphereastronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole angular distance - the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer; "he recorded angular distances between the stars" | | | 3. | declination - a downward slope or bendincline, slope, side - an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of the mountain" steep - a steep place (as on a hill) | | | 4. | declination - a polite refusal of an invitationacknowledgement, acknowledgment - a statement acknowledging something or someone; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her" refusal - a message refusing to accept something that is offered | |
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