DIP (Old Eng. dyppan, connected with the common Teutonic root seen in " deep ")

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DIP (Old Eng. dyppan, connected with the common Teutonic root seen in " deep ") , the

angle

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form,
angus
- ANGUS, EARLS OF
, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

which the magnetic needle makes with the horizon. A freely suspended magnetic needle will not maintain a

horizontal

HORIZONTAL

position except at the magnetic

equator

Late
- LATE
_Lat_aequator_from.html">EQUATOR (
Late
- LATE
Lat. aequator, from aequare, to make equal)

. Over the N. magnetic

pole

POLE (FAMILY)
POLE, REGINALD (1500-1558)
RICHARD
_DE_LA_d_1525_.html">POLE,
RICHARD
- RICHARD
- RICHARD (d. 1184)
- RICHARD, FRANCOIS
  MARIE
  - MARIE
  BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
- RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
- RICHARD, ST
DE LA (d. 1525)
POLE, WILLIAM (1814—1900)

the north-seeking end of the needle points directly downwards and dips at an intermediate

angle

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form,
angus
- ANGUS, EARLS OF
, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

at intermediate distances between the magnetic poles and

equator

EQUATOR (Late Lat. aequator, from aequare, to make equal)

. There are secular progressive variations of dip as well as of declination and the

maxima

MAXIMA

are independent of each other. In
II
1576 the dip at London was 71 50', 'in 1720 (max.) 74 42', in 1900 67 9'. (For Dip Circle see

INCLINOMETER

INCLINOMETER (Dip CIRCLE)

.)

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