declination
declination is a 11-letter English word with 11 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head.
- noun. The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.
- noun. The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion; obliquity; withdrawal.
- noun. The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal; refusal; averseness.
- noun. The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward.
- noun. 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.
- noun. The act of inflecting a word; declension. See Decline, v. t., 4.
- noun. a polite refusal of an invitation
- noun. (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere
- noun. a downward slope or bend
- noun. a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
Synonyms
regrets, dec, declension, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall
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