compass error
noun1
Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences The combination of variation and deviation which is the horizontal angle between the direction indicated by a magnetic compass and true north.
noun
Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences The combination of variation and deviation which is the horizontal angle between the direction indicated by a magnetic compass and true north.
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