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ACLINIC

\ɐklˈɪnɪk], \ɐklˈɪnɪk], \ɐ_k_l_ˈɪ_n_ɪ_k]\

Definitions of ACLINIC

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English

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Without inclination or dipping; - said the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
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Without inclination or dipping; - said the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Not inclined.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

ak-lin'ik, adj. without inclination, applied to the magnetic equator, which cuts the terrestrial equator, inasmuch as on that line the magnetic needle has no dip, but lies horizontal. [Gr. aklin[=e]s--a, neg., klin-ein, to bend.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

A. line, magnetic equator, on which magnetic needle has no dip. [Greek]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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