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Webster 1913 Edition


Declinator

Dec′li-naˊtor

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
déclinateur
. See
Decline
.]
1.
An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.
2.
A dissentient.
[R.]
Bp. Hacket.

Webster 1828 Edition


Declinator

DECLINA'TOR

,
DECLIN'ATORY, n. An instrument for taking the declination, or inclination of a plane; an instrument in dialling.

Definition 2024


declinator

declinator

English

Noun

declinator (plural declinators)

  1. An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.
  2. (obsolete) A dissenter.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hacket to this entry?)


Latin

Verb

dēclīnātor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of dēclīnō
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of dēclīnō