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magnetic direction Horizontal direction expressed as angular distance from magnetic north. magnetic diurnal variation. Oscillations of the earth’s magnetic field which have a periodicity of about a day and which depend to a close approximation only on local time and geographic latitude. Also called MAGNETIC DAILY VARIATION.

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