The angle between the east or west point of a compass and any heavenly body at its rising or setting.
·noun Of extent of means or resources. II. Amplitude ·noun Of extent of capacity or intellectual po...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
As a general term, implies extent. In astronomy, it is an arc of the horizon intercepted between the...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A <<Magnet>>. II. Magnetic ·adj ·Alt. of <<Magnetical>>. III. Magnetic ·noun Any metal, as i...
An arc of the horizon, intercepted between the point of the sun's rising and the east point of the m...
The eastern one. ...
·adj Of, Pertaining to, or produced by, magnetism which is developed by the passage of an electric c...
An arc of the horizon intercepted between the azimuth circle of a celestial object and the magnetic ...
An iron plate fixed near the compass, to neutralize the effect of local attraction upon the needle. ...
Applied to theodolites, ships' compasses, &c. A balanced needle, highly magnetized, which points to ...
An extraordinary magnetic action indicated by delicate magnetometers in a magnetic observatory, not ...
An instrument for communicating messages by means of magnetism. ...