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Question
What do you understand by the term magnetic declination?
Solution
Magnetic declination: The angle through which freely suspended magnetic needle is inclined to the geographic axis is known as magnetic declination.
OR
The angle between the geographic meridian and magnetic meridian it is given place is called declination.
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