Meaning of "dip circle" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF DIP CIRCLE

dip circle

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIP CIRCLE

Dip circle is a noun.

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WHAT DOES DIP CIRCLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dip circle

Dip circles are used to measure the angle between the horizon and the Earth's magnetic field. They were used in surveying, mining and prospecting as well as for the demonstration and study of magnetism. Georg Hartmann first discovered dip angle in 1544, when he noticed the needle on a compass dipped towards the north hemisphere. Rather than explore this phenomenon, Hartmann sought ways to eliminate it. However, Robert Norman around 1576 investigated dip angle further and in 1581 described in print a device to measure this phenomenon. Early dip circles were not accurate and gave poor results. Over the next 300 years many improvements were made, including reducing the friction between the needle and its pivot and encasing the circle in glass. Between the late 18th century and late 19th century the design approached its peak. Improvements which made the dip circle a practical aid for polar navigation were made by Robert Were Fox FRS, who developed in the 1830s the first dip circle that could be used on board a moving ship.

Definition of dip circle in the English dictionary

The definition of dip circle in the dictionary is an instrument for measuring dip, consisting of a dip needle with a vertical circular scale of angles Also called: inclinometer.

TRANSLATION OF DIP CIRCLE

Find out the translation of dip circle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of dip circle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dip circle» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 浸圈
• Translator English - Spanish: círculo de inclinación
• English: dip circle
• Translator English - Hindi: डुबकी चक्र
• Translator English - Arabic: تراجع دائرة
• Translator English - Russian: погружением круг
• Translator English - Portuguese: círculo mergulho
• Translator English - Bengali: ডীপ বৃত্ত
• Translator English - French: cercle de plongeon
• Translator English - Malay: Putaran bulatan
• Translator English - German: dip Kreis
• Translator English - Japanese: ディップ円
• Translator English - Korean: 딥 원
• Translator English - Javanese: Dip circle
• Translator English - Vietnamese: vòng tròn nhúng
• Translator English - Tamil: சற்று வட்டம்
• Translator English - Marathi: उडी घेण्याचे मंडळ
• Translator English - Turkish: Eğimli çember
• Translator English - Italian: dip cerchio
• Translator English - Polish: dip krąg
• Translator English - Ukrainian: зануренням коло
• Translator English - Romanian: cerc baie
• Translator English - Greek: βουτιά κύκλο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: dip sirkel
• Translator English - Swedish: dip cirkel
• Translator English - Norwegian: dip sirkel

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIP CIRCLE»

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Instruments of Science: An Historical Encyclopedia

Robert Were Fox designed a robust dip circle suitable for expeditionary use on land and sea; it cost £26/2 in 1844 from the instrument shop of Mr. George of Fahnouth. Another design by Henry Barrow was comparably priced at £25, but it was ...

Robert Bud, Deborah Jean Warner, 1998

The World of Physics

The constant tilt of a magnetised needle in a dip circle is thus entirely due to the forces acting on it in the earth's magnetic field and is not due to the gravitational field. The angle of dip is the angle between the horizontal surface of the earth and ...

John Avison, 1989

Pearson Guide To Objective Physics For Iit-Jee

At poles dip = 90° Angle of dip is measured using dip circle. If dip circle is set in magnetic meridian then the angle read by dip circle is angle of dip. If the dip circle is inclined at an angle 8 with magnetic meridian and dip circle reads 8' called ...

Ravi Raj Dudeja

A Crash Course in AIEEE Physics 2009

At poles dip = 90° Angle of dip is measured using dip circle. If dip circle is set in magnetic meridian then the angle read by dip circle is angle of dip. If the dip circle is inclined at an angle 9 with magnetic meridian and dip circle reads 0' called ...

Dudeja Ravi Raj

A Crash Course in AIEEE Physics 2011

At poles dip = 90° Angle of dip is measured using dip circle. If dip circle is set in magnetic meridian then the angle read by dip circle is angle of dip. If the dip circle is inclined at an angle 0 with magnetic meridian and dip circle reads §' called ...

Dudeja Ravi Raj, Ravi Raj Dudeja

The Pearson Guide to Objective Physics for the IIT-JEE 2012: ...

At poles dip = 90° Angle of dip is measured using dip circle. If dip circle is set in magnetic meridian then the angle read by dip circle is angle of dip. If the dip circle is inclined at an angle 6 with magnetic meridian and dip circle reads 5' called ...

M. K. Srivastava

The Pearson Guide To Objective Physics For The Iit-Jee 2011

If dip circle is set in magnetic meridian then the angle read by dip circle is angle of dip. If the dip circle is inclined at an angle 9 with magnetic meridian and dip circle reads §' called apparent angle of dip. True dip 8 is then given by tan 8 = tan S' ...

Srivastava M. K., 2011

The Pearson Guide to Objective Physics for the AIEEE

A clinic line or magnetic equator is the line joining zero dip. At poles dip = 90° Angle of dip is measured using dip circle. If dip circle is set in magnetic meridian then the angle read by dip circle is angle of dip. If the dip circle is inclined at an ...

Dudeja, 2010

Catalogue of the Special Loan Collection of Scientific ...

The other end of this arm has a brass fitting to fix on pins in the graduated circle on the top of the frame. The motion of the arm in azimuth causes the whole apparatus to move in the wooden stand until the Dip Circle is in the magnetic meridian, ...

Anon, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR, 2011

Great Scientific Experiments: Twenty Experiments that ...

To this end he developed the dip-circle, a needle mounted on a horizontal pivot moving against a vertical graduated circle. He brought out his magnetic discoveries in The Netoe Attractive , published by Ballard in London in 1581. Norman was ...

Rom Harre, 2013

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIP CIRCLE»

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Mega-bite: giant tooth goes on show as Cambridge's museums team …

... at the start of the 20th century, matched up with a dip circle, used to measure the angle between the horizon and the Earth's magnetic field. «Cambridge News, Sep 14»

Historicist: The Toronto Magnetic Observatory

... as consisting of a main observatory building, three smaller buildings housing various instruments including the anemometer and dip circle, ... «Torontoist, Oct 12»

Meet Sydney's nurse to the stars

The dip circle, which was made in Paris and brought to Sydney by Governor Brisbane in 1821, had been long forgotten before Sharon ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 09»