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English Dictionary: magnetic dip by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
magnetic dip
n
  1. (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
    Synonym(s): dip, angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, inclination
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dip \Dip\, n.
      1. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a
            liquid. [bd]The dip of oars in unison.[b8] --Glover.
  
      2. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line;
            slope; pitch.
  
      3. A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a
            ladle or spoon. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      4. A dipped candle. [Colloq.] --Marryat.
  
      {Dip of the horizon} (Astron.), the angular depression of the
            seen or visible horizon below the true or natural horizon;
            the angle at the eye of an observer between a horizontal
            line and a tangent drawn from the eye to the surface of
            the ocean.
  
      {Dip of the needle}, [or] {Magnetic dip}, the angle formed,
            in a vertical plane, by a freely suspended magnetic
            needle, or the line of magnetic force, with a horizontal
            line; -- called also {inclination}.
  
      {Dip of a stratum} (Geol.), its greatest angle of inclination
            to the horizon, or that of a line perpendicular to its
            direction or strike; -- called also the {pitch}.
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