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- noun Plural form of
declination .
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These instruments were used to measure time, predict eclipses, track stars in their orbits, determine the declinations of planets, and also to measure the celestial altitudes.
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Colleges and universities long ago resorted to form declinations for applicants who don't make the cut.
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It includes a treatise on navigation and some tables showing solar declinations.
Sailing on and on 2008
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And of course, including the declinations is very, very useful!
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It includes a treatise on navigation and some tables showing solar declinations.
Sailing on and on 2008
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Colleges and universities long ago resorted to form declinations for applicants who don't make the cut.
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Bloggers have been able to score easy political hits off Mr. Dion with his frequently amusing declinations of an election.
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Colleges and universities long ago resorted to form declinations for applicants who don't make the cut.
February 2010 2010
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Bloggers have been able to score easy political hits off Mr. Dion with his frequently amusing declinations of an election.
Good Morning Mr.Dion, This Is The Collection Agency « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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For our purposes only the declinations of the two solstices and two equinoxes are important.
Earth-Sun geometry 2009
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