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declinograph|dɪˈklaɪnəʊgrɑːf, -æ|
[irreg. f. L. dēclīnāre (as etymon of declination) + -graph, Gr. -γραϕος writing.]
An astronomical instrument or arrangement for automatically recording the declination of stars with a filar micrometer.
1883D. Gill in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 256 It is found with this declinograph on the Berlin equatorial, that the observed declinations have only a probable error of {pm}0·9{pp}. |
