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Define angle of declination and angle of dip?

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Angle of declination: The angle between the geographical meridian and the magnetic meridian at a place is called the magnetic declination at that place.

Angle of dip: The angle made by the earth’* total magnetic field (\vec B) with the horizontal direction in
the magnetic meridian is called angle of dip (δ) at any place.

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