magnetic variation

Hierarchy: 
Description: 
{{context|military|nautical|navigation}} In navigation, at a given place and time, the horizontal angle between the true north and magnetic north measured east or west according to whether magnetic north lies east or west of true north.
Ngram Text: 
magnetic variation
Source: 
Wiktionary
Issue: 
0
Wiktionary tag: 
Ngram Count: 
2