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PRONUNCIATION OF DECLINATIONAL

declinational  [ˌdɛklɪˈneɪʃənəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECLINATIONAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Declinational is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DECLINATIONAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Declination

In astronomy, declination is one of the two angles that locate a point on the celestial sphere in the equatorial coordinate system, the other being hour angle. Declination's angle is measured north or south of the celestial equator, along the hour circle passing through the point in question. Right ascension and declination as seen on the inside of the celestial sphere. The primary direction of the system is the vernal equinox, the ascending node of the ecliptic on the celestial equator. Declination is measured northward or southward from the celestial equator, along the hour circle passing through the point in question. The root of word the declination means "a bending away" or "a bending down". It comes from the same root as the words incline and recline.

Definition of declinational in the English dictionary

The definition of declinational in the dictionary is of or relating to declination.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECLINATIONAL


computational
ˌkɒmpjʊˈteɪʃənəl
conversational
ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənəl
educational
ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃənəl
gravitational
ˌɡrævɪˈteɪʃənəl
informational
ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃənəl
inspirational
ˌɪnspɪˈreɪʃənəl
invitational
ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃənəl
motivational
ˌməʊtɪˈveɪʃənəl
observational
ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃənəl
occupational
ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃənəl
operational
ˌɒpəˈreɪʃənəl
organisational
ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃənəl
organizational
ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃənəl
recreational
ˌrɛkrɪˈeɪʃənəl
relational
rɪˈleɪʃənəl
rotational
rəʊˈteɪʃənəl
sensational
sɛnˈseɪʃənəl
situational
ˌsɪtjʊˈeɪʃənəl
translational
trænsˈleɪʃənəl
vocational
vəʊˈkeɪʃənəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECLINATIONAL

declension
declensional
declensionally
declinable
declinal
declinant
declinate
declination
declinator
declinatory
declinature
decline
decliner
declining
declinist
declinometer
declivities
declivitous
declivity
declivous

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECLINATIONAL

additional
constitutional
conventional
dimensional
emotional
exceptional
functional
institutional
international
national
nutritional
occasional
optional
personal
professional
promotional
regional
the National
the Second International
traditional
transitional

Synonyms and antonyms of declinational in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «declinational» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

declinational
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de declinación
570 millions of speakers

English

declinational
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

declinational
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

declinational
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

declinational
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

declinational
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

declinational
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

declinational
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Declinational
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

declinational
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

declinational
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

declinational
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Declinational
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

declinational
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

declinational
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विकृत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

declinational
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

declinational
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

declinational
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

declinational
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

declinational
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

declinational
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

declinational
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

declinational
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

declinational
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of declinational

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECLINATIONAL»

The term «declinational» is normally little used and occupies the 142.873 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECLINATIONAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about declinational

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECLINATIONAL»

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Dynamics of Ocean Tides
+ <J« = 1.10024 Long period So (constant solar) M o (constant lunar) - ( nodal to M 0) 5m (declinational to 5 Q) Mm (elliptical to M 0) Mf (declinational to M 0) - ( nodal to Mf ) 18.613 years 182.621 years 27.555 days 13.661 days 13.663 days  ...
Guri I. Marchuk, B.A. Kagan, 1989
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Report of the Annual Meeting
These constituents may be called, for brevity, elliptic and declinational tides. Thus we have the following schedule of tidal constituents :— Speeds. ' Iii-mar. 801;. The lunar monthly and solar annual (elliptic). 2 a— w n The lunar fortnightly and ...
British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1873
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Thirty-Eighth Meeting ; Held At Norwich In August 1868: 37
constituents may be called for brevity elliptic and declinational tides. But two of the solar elliptic diurnal tides thus indicated have the same period, being twenty- four mean solar hours. Thus we have in all twenty-three tidal constituents ...
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Report of the ... Meeting of the British Association for the ...
In addition to the tide-components evaluated for Liverpool and Ramsgate, others (named for brevity J and Q) have been introduced to correct tho lunar diurnal ( declinational) tides for parallax. These components have been found to have ...
British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting, 1872
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Report of the Annual Meeting
There are also indications of a similar and large annual tide of 0-3 foot amplitude, and maximum about July, which is also probably meteorological in its origin. The proportion between the lunar and solar diurnal (Declinational) tides (K, ...
British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting, 1872
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Report
The proportion between the lunar and solar diurnal (Declinational) tides (It, of Series O and P) will be, on the assumption of the variation of It, of Series 0 being as the square of the sine of the declination, about 4 to 1. 92. The following arc the  ...
British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1872
7
History of Geophysics
The lunar declinational (tropical) tide consists of the northward and southward movement of the tidal bulges as the moon moves to northerly and southerly declinations (latitude of zenith meridian passage). The period of the declinational cycle ...
C. Stewart Gillmor, American geophysical union
8
Glossary of Mapping Science
Besides the lunar declinational inequality, there is also a solar declinational inequality, which depends on the Sun's declination. inequality, lunar parallactic - SEE parallax inequality. inequality, mean diurnal high-(low-)water - One-half ...
American Society of Civil Engineers, 1994
9
Elements of Tidal-Electric Engineering
Declinational tides are not as satisfactory. As explained in Chapter 2, the highest synodic tides occur when the moon and sun are in conjunction or opposition, the highest anomalistic tides take place when the moon is in perigee and the ...
Robert H. Clark, 2007
10
Catalogue of the Special Loan Collection of Scientific ...
The luni-solar diurnal declinational. 5. The lunar diurnal declinational. . The luni- solar semi~diurnal declinational. The smaller elliptic semi-diurnal. . The solar diurnal declinational. . The lunar quarter-diurnal, or first shallow-water overtide of  ...
Anon, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR, 2011

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECLINATIONAL»

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One Pleasant Day in Runnymede
Variations in the Pacific Declinational Oscillation using only solar and geothermal factors are a better math model than the IPCC model. «Canada Free Press, Oct 09»

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