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Webster 1913 Edition


Aclinic

A-clin′ic

(ȧ-klĭn′ĭk)
,
Adj.
[Gr.
ἀ
priv. +
κλίνειν
to incline.]
(Physics.)
Without inclination or dipping; – said of the imaginary line near the earth’s equator on which the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator.
Prof. August.