declination

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Declination memos are summaries that outline why prosecutors decline to file charges against officers; they eventually become public records.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2023

The Declination of the observed body, marked "D."

From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet

When the groups or constellations are not known, then any individual star can be readily found by means of its Right Ascension, and Declination.

From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet

The Declination of a star is its angular distance north or south of the celestial equator.

From A Text-Book of Astronomy by Comstock, George C.

Declination of the English crown by Oliver Cromwell.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter