declination
衰退;下倾(de向下+cline→向下斜)
释义2:
declination
/ 7deklE5neIFEn /
◙ noun1. [Astronomy] the angular distance of a point north or south of the celestial equator• [天文] 赤纬。--› compare
right ascension 和
celestial latitude the angular deviation of a compass needle from true north (because the magnetic north pole and the geographic north pole do not coincide)• 磁偏角,磁偏差2. [Linguistics] . another term for downdrift • [语言学] 同 downdrift 3. [US formal] refusal• [美, 正式] 拒绝 »[as modifier] the mandatory vaccine declination form. 拒绝强制接种疫苗申报表。【派生】
♦ declinational adjective【语源】
1. late Middle English: from Latin declinatio(n-), from the verb declinare (see decline )
俄语/英语字母转换