Meaning & use
Declinations
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Formal refusals of an offer or invitation, or, in astronomy, the angular distance of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator.
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The event organizer received several polite declinations from invited speakers.
Astronomers recorded the star's declinations over several months to track its motion.
A note on using this word
In astronomy, declination functions like latitude does on Earth, helping pinpoint an object's position in the sky.
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refusalsrejections
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acceptances
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