MAGNETICDIP

Magnetic dip

Magnetic dip, dip angle, or magnetic inclination is the angle made with the horizontal by the compass needle of a vertically held compass. This angle varies at different points on the Earth's surface. Positive values of inclination indicate that the magnetic field of the Earth is pointing downward, into the Earth, at the point of measurement. The value can be measured with an instrument typically known as a dip circle.

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magnetic dip

Noun

  1. The angle between magnetic north and the horizontal (as shown by a compass held vertically).


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