the aclinic line

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• Aclinic line — The aclinic line is the magnetic equator, along which the needle of a magnetic compass always remains horizontal.cite book editor=James Wood title=The Nuttall Encyclopædia origyear=1900 edition=1907 year=1907 chapter=Aclinic Line… …   Wikipedia

• aclinic line — magnetic equator magnetic equator n. An imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip, the dipping needle being horizontal; called also {aclinic line}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ACLINIC LINE —    the magnetic equator, along which the needle always remains horizontal …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• aclinic line — a•clin′ic line′ [[t]eɪˈklɪn ɪk[/t]] n. geo an imaginary line on the surface of the earth, close and approximately parallel to the equator, connecting all those points over which a magnetic needle shows no inclination from the horizontal Also… …   From formal English to slang

• aclinic line — /ay klin ik/ an imaginary line on the surface of the earth, close and approximately parallel to the equator, connecting all those points over which a magnetic needle shows no inclination from the horizontal. Also called magnetic equator. [1840… …   Universalium

• aclinic line — /əˌklɪnɪk ˈlaɪn/ (say uh.klinik luyn) noun an imaginary line around the earth near the equator where the magnetic needle remains horizontal …  

• aclinic line — magnetic equator, an imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip …   English contemporary dictionary

• aclinic — The line through those points on the earth’s surface at which the magnetic dip is zero. The aclinic line is a particular case of an isoclinic line. On this line, a magnetic needle balances horizontally without dipping (i.e., the angle of dip is… …   Aviation dictionary

• Aclinic — A*clin ic ([.a]*kl[i^]n [i^]k), a. [Gr. a priv. + kli nein to incline.] (Physics.) Without inclination or dipping; said of the imaginary line near the earth s equator on which the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• aclinic — adjective Without inclination or dipping. ,The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator …   Wiktionary

• aclinic — /ə klinˈik/ adjective Without inclination or magnetic dip ORIGIN: Gr aklinēs horizontal, from a (privative), and klīnein to tilt • • • aclinic line noun The magnetic equator (qv under ↑magnet) …   Useful english dictionary