Crossword-Solution: DECLINATION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Declination | n. | The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head. |
| Declination | n. | The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline. |
| Declination | n. | The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion; obliquity; withdrawal. |
| Declination | n. | The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal; refusal; averseness. |
| Declination | n. | The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward. |
| Declination | n. | The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south. |
| Declination | n. | The act of inflecting a word; declension. See Decline, v. t., 4. |
We have 18 clues for the answer “DECLINATION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| a polite refusal of an invitation | 1 answer |
| SLOPE from vertical position | 1 answer |
| SLOPE from horizontal position | 1 answer |
| ANGULAR distance of heavenly body from celestial equator | 1 answer |
| downward slope | 5 answers |
| declension | 14 answers |
| declivity | 28 answers |
| downgrade | 53 answers |
| Decadence | 61 answers |
| Slope | 66 answers |
| Descent | 68 answers |
| Downfall | 68 answers |
| Declining | 70 answers |
| Refusal. | 75 answers |
| failure | 86 answers |
| Fall | 100 answers |
| Drop | 103 answers |
| Decline | 107 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETARE
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Sentences with DECLINATION (5)
The first man took hold of it, and found means it was told the Queen; who, hearing of a declination of a monarchy, took it so ill, as she would never after hear of the other's suit.
Then the inclination or declination of his machine must be noted on the spirit level at his side, and the 200 odd pounds of ballast must be regulated as the course requires.
Now this has the form of a myth, but really signifies a declination of the bodies moving in the heavens around the earth, and a great conflagration of things upon the earth, which recurs after long intervals; at such times those who live upon the mountains and in dry and lofty places are more liable to destruction than those who dwell by rivers or on the seashore.
The astronomers may as well know all about it, before they announce any more asteroids with an enormous movement in declination.
Before that time the mariner was obliged to depend upon his compass, a cross-staff, or an astrolabe, a table of the sun's declination and a correction for the altitude of the polestar, and very inadequate and incorrect charts.
Quotes with DECLINATION (2)
Don't become a random photograph in the eyes of friends, and even your enemies, for each glance at your face will cause a declination of value and reputation. Create value, through scarcity.
He rose and stood tottering in that cold dark with his arms held out for balance while the vestibular calculations in his skull cranked out their reckonings. An old chronicle. To seek out the upright. No fall but preceded by a declination... Upright to what? Something nameless in the night, lode or matrix. To which he and the stars were common satellite. Like the great pendulum in its rotunda scribing through the long day movements of the universe of which you may say it knows nothing and yet know it must.