declinator

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noun

An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.

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Meanings

noundeclinator (plural declinators)

plural declinators

  1. An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.
  2. obsoleteA dissenter.

    the Votes of the Declinators could not be heard for the noise

    1693, John Hacket, Scrinia Reserata

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
declinatory

Origin

Compare French déclinateur. See decline.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

centroidal
Cite this entry
APA

declinator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/declinator

MLA

“declinator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/declinator. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “declinator,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/declinator.

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