magnetic inclination

American  

[mag-net-ik in-kluh-nay-shuhn] / mægˈnɛt ɪk ˌɪn kləˈneɪ ʃən /

noun

1. Physics. Also called magnetic dip. the angle that exists between the surface of the earth at a given location and the magnetic field lines.

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magnetic inclination Scientific  

1. The angle that a magnetic needle makes with the horizontal plane at any specific location. The magnetic inclination is 0° at the magnetic equator and 90° at each of the magnetic poles.

2. Also called dip magnetic dip

3. Compare magnetic declination

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Example Sentences

Previous experimental studies over several decades provide strong evidence that birds, sea turtles and other organisms key into small changes in magnetic inclination, intensity and declination when making orientation decisions and developing navigational maps.

From Science Daily • Oct. 9, 2023

When the rock cools and solidifies, this alignment is frozen into place, creating a permanent paleomagnetic record that includes magnetic inclination related to global latitude, and declination related to magnetic north.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

The following tables contain the absolute determinations of the magnetic inclination and declination made in the Voyage of H.M.S.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by MacGillivray, John