Definition of Dip circle

1. Noun. A measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane).

Exact synonyms: Inclinometer
Category relationships: Aeroplane, Airplane, Plane
Generic synonyms: Measuring Device, Measuring Instrument, Measuring System

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dip Circle

dioxoles
dioxouranium
dioxybenzone
dioxycycline
dioxydanidyl
dioxydithiomolybdate
dioxygen
dioxygen difluoride
dioxygen hexafluoroplatinate
dioxygenase
dioxygenases
dioxygenyl
dioxythiophene
dip
dip a toe into
dip circle (current term)
dip into
dip out
dip phenomenon
dip solder
dip stitch
dip stitches
dipalladium
dipalmitoyl
dipaschal
dipchick
dipchicks
dipentyl
dipeptidase
dipeptidases

Literary usage of Dip circle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Directions for Magnetic Measurements by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Daniel L. Hazard (1911)
"A. WITH A dip circle. The dip or inclination is usually measured by means of ... The form of dip circle in general use is the Kew pattern shown in Figure 5. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1896)
"A new Dip-circle (' Collected Papers," vol. 1, pp. 575—584). The instrument was described at a meeting of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1872)
"____^_ Notice of and Observations with a New Dip-circle. By JP JOULE, LL.D., FRS, <5fc. The method of suspension of the needle, which formed the principal ..."

4. Ocean Magnetic Observations, 1905-1916: And Reports on Special Researches by Louis Agricola Bauer, John Adam Fleming, William Francis Gray Swann, James Percy Ault, William John Peters (1917)
"The modified form of sea dip-circle, described in connection with the Galilee work ... With this stand, the effect of any lack of level of dip circle during ..."

5. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1892)
"In taking observations with the dip-circle the vertical axis is carefully adjusted so that the plane bearings upon which the axis of the magnet rests are ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"When making a determination of the dip with the dip circle, a number of separate readings ... For use at sea the dip circle was modified by Robert Were FOI ..."

7. The Bahama Islands by George Burbank Shattuck, Geographical Society of Baltimore (1905)
"With compass needle belonging to dip circle 56/4440: (a) Sight oil mark with aid of peep sights, passing the eye up and down the slits to make sure that the ..."

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