Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compass deflection

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: com-pass de-flec-tion
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The difference, expressed in degrees, between the direction a magnetic compass needle points and true or astronomical north; magnetic declination.

noun

Differences, expressed in degrees, between magnetic north directions and the direction a magnetic compass points, owing to local magnetic interferences; magnetic deviation.

Inflected Forms

compass deflections (plural)

Questions

What does compass deflection mean?: The difference, expressed in degrees, between the direction a magnetic compass needle points and true or astronomical north; magnetic declination.

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