magnetic dip
Americannoun
noun
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Heading data is referenced to true north, is unaffected by magnetic dip and acceleration errors and is immune to errors caused by onboard magnetic influences.
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But, when we reflect that the ether shoots out in straight lines, and at an angle corresponding to the magnetic dip, we are at no loss to perceive the reason of this.
From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Thomas Bassnett
When the plate was in the magnetic meridian, or in any other plane coinciding with the magnetic dip, then its rotation produced no effect upon the galvanometer.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday
“When the plate was in the magnetic meridian, or in any other plane coinciding with the magnetic dip, then its rotation produced no effect upon the galvanometer.”
From Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery by George Iles
This should, of course, be the case; for when the wire is cutting the magnetic dip in a certain direction, an electric current also in a certain direction should be induced in it.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday
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