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magnetic declination

angle on the horizontal plane between magnetic north and true north
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magnetic declination

Summary

magnetic declination ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (393 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • magnetic declination's video is recorded as Earth Magnetic Field Declination from 1590 to 1990.gif[2].
  • magnetic declination's image is recorded as Kurzgefaßte Geschichte und Beschreibung der Uferbauwerke auf der Insel Neuwerk. 1826 Karte Seite 36 Windrose.png[3].
  • magnetic declination's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85079697[4].
  • magnetic declination's subclass of is recorded as error[5].
  • magnetic declination's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 32619[6].
  • magnetic declination's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01st55[7].
  • magnetic declination's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph1258647[8].
  • magnetic declination's PSH ID is recorded as 3938[9].
  • magnetic declination's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0225837[10].
  • magnetic declination's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[11].
  • magnetic declination's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • magnetic declination's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • magnetic declination's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[14].
  • magnetic declination's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/variation-compass[15].
  • magnetic declination's distribution map is recorded as World Magnetic Declination 2015.pdf[16].
  • magnetic declination's distribution map is recorded as Mv-world.jpg[17].
  • magnetic declination's distribution map is recorded as Magnetic Declination Chart for the International Geomagnetic Reference Field, 2005.pdf[18].
  • magnetic declination's different from is recorded as magnetic deviation[19].
  • magnetic declination's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3623679[20].
  • magnetic declination's NE.se ID is recorded as magnetisk-deklination[21].
  • magnetic declination's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as magnetic-declination[22].
  • magnetic declination's Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID is recorded as declinazione[23].
  • magnetic declination's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as magnetisk_deklinasjon[24].
  • magnetic declination's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as misvisning[25].
  • magnetic declination's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i109949[26].

Why It Matters

magnetic declination ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (393 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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