How to Use declination in a Sentence

declination

noun

• The scope base has 30 MOA of declination to get the most out of your scope for long-range shots.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 9 Nov. 2020
• The pilot looks ahead and down, and sees the edge of the airfield at an angle of declination of 27.9 degrees.
  — Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2022
• The report set forth the results of our work and the reasons for our charging and declination decisions.
  — NBC News, 25 July 2019
• The letter to Jardine Lloyd Thompson is the first such declination awarded to a company in more than 18 months.
  — Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2022
• While transoceanic sailors could determine latitude from the altitude of the sun at noon with the aid of a table giving the sun's declination for the day.
  — Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
• The angular distance of the object north or south of the celestial equator is its declination.
  — Curtis Roelle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 6 Mar. 2021
• Porter said the city's goal is to get all vaccination records and declination forms in by June 11, when all of its facilities are fully opened.
  — Emma Austin, The Courier-Journal, 20 May 2021
• After he was tackled, Chappelle got back on his feet quickly and pushed Lee away, according to the declination.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022
• The needle of a compass always points in this direction, and the angle of difference between true north and magnetic north is called the declination.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 5 Jan. 2021
• To adjust for that declination, smartphone users need only to open the settings for their digital compass.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2023
• The difference between magnetic north and true north is known as degrees of declination.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2023
• First, adjust your compass’s declination (the difference between magnetic north and true north), which should be listed on your topo map.
  — Outside Online, 2 Aug. 2021
• The response from the community should not be that this declination of prosecution means that nothing wrong happened.
  — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 6 Apr. 2022
• The declination stated that Lee was somehow able to get through the security screening process with a weapon described as a replica gun containing a folding knife with a roughly 3-inch blade.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022
• At that moment, the Sun reaches its southernmost declination as astronomers measure position on the sky.
  — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2011
• This number, however, is the same or lower than the number of declinations entered into pre-pandemic.
  — Robert Anello, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
• The space between true North and what compasses recognize as geomagnetic North is called the angle of declination.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 30 Aug. 2019
• Within days of the declination, a judge approved a request from Descano to impanel a special grand jury to probe the case, renewing the possibility that Shifflett could be charged.
  — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
• Refer to your compass's instruction manual on how to change the declination, as each compass is different.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 5 Jan. 2021
• By measuring the altitude of the sun at noon, navigators could then measure the sun's declination, which accurately told sailors their latitude.
  — David Mearns, National Geographic, 24 Oct. 2017
• Read lawsuit here Read Columbia County grand jury report and declination to prosecute deputies here.
  — Maxine Bernstein, OregonLive.com, 14 May 2018
• The action’s integral recoil lug and integral scope bases with 20 MOA of declination are typical of top-end competition actions.
  — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 14 Feb. 2020
• According to a declination obtained by Good Morning America, the statute of limitations had expired.
  — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 31 May 2022
• Last fall, department officials discussed whether the investigation had run its course and prosecutors should draft a declination memo that would explain why Comey would not be prosecuted, one of the people said.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2021
• Last fall, department officials discussed whether the investigation had run its course and prosecutors should draft a declination memo that would explain why Mr. Comey would not be prosecuted, one of the people said.
  — New York Times, 4 June 2021
• Magnetic declination is the difference between true north and magnetic north.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 1 Aug. 2017
• Luckily for carmakers, injecting insouciance into a people hauler seems to require nothing more than adding some degree of declination between the B-pillar and rear fascia.
  — Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 12 July 2022
• The Safran matter serves as an example to other companies that criminal conduct identified during post-acquisition due diligence and brought to the attention of DOJ may be grounds for a declination agreement.
  — Robert Anello, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
• Advertisement But even compared to a local prosecutor’s office, a 67 percent declination rate is high.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
• James Cook and Christopher Columbus often struggled with magnetic declination.
  — Kimberly Bowker, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024