Turning+aside
31Declination compass — Declination Dec li*na tion, n. [L. declinatio a bending aside, an avoiding: cf. F. d[ e]clination a decadence. See {Declension}.] 1. The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head. [1913 Webster] 2. The act or… …
32Declination of the compass — Declination Dec li*na tion, n. [L. declinatio a bending aside, an avoiding: cf. F. d[ e]clination a decadence. See {Declension}.] 1. The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head. [1913 Webster] 2. The act or… …
33Declination of the needle — Declination Dec li*na tion, n. [L. declinatio a bending aside, an avoiding: cf. F. d[ e]clination a decadence. See {Declension}.] 1. The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head. [1913 Webster] 2. The act or… …
34declension — noun Etymology: Middle English declenson, modification of Middle French declinaison, from Latin declination , declinatio grammatical inflection, turning aside, from declinare to inflect, turn aside Date: 15th century 1. a. noun …
35Emeka Anyaoku — Emeka Anyaoku, GCVO, CON (born January 18, 1933) was the third Commonwealth Secretary General. He is a Nigerian of Igbo descent. Contents 1 Education 2 Political career 3 Ichie Adazie of Obosi …
36deflection — 1. A moving to one side. 2. In the electrocardiogram, a deviation of the curve from the isoelectric base line; any wave or complex of the electrocardiogram. [L. de flecto, pp. flexus, to bend aside] intrinsic …
37deviating — n. turning aside; divergence; digression de·vi·ate || diËvɪeɪt n. someone or something that deviates from the norm v. turn aside; depart from, diverge; digress …
38off — [adj1] gone; remote absent, canceled, finished, inoperative, negligible, not employed, not on duty, on vacation, outside, postponed, slender, slight, slim, small, unavailable; concept 552 Ant. here, present off [adj2] inferior; spoiled bad,… …
39di|verge — «duh VURJ, dy », verb, verged, verg|ing. –v.i. 1. to move or lie in different directions from the same point; branch off: »Their paths diverged at the fork in the road; he turned left, and she turned right. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I… …
40apostrophe — (n.) mark indicating omitted letter, 1580s, from M.Fr. apostrophe, from L.L. apostrophus, from Gk. apostrophos (prosoidia) (the accent of) turning away, thus, a mark showing where a letter has been omitted, from apostrephein avert, turn away,… …
