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aclinic line

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/əˈklɪnɪk/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ā klin′ik)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
a•clin′ic line′  (ā klin′ik),USA pronunciation 
  1. Geographyan imaginary line on the surface of the earth, close and approximately parallel to the equator, connecting all those points over which a magnetic needle shows no inclination from the horizontal. Also called magnetic equator. 
  • Greek aklin(é̄s) not bending (a- a-6 + klin-, variant stem of klí̄nein to bend) + -ic
  • 1840–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
aclinic line n
  1. another name for magnetic equator
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magnetic equator

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