noun
Etymology: from present part of heel (III)
: a deviation of a compass due to a ship's heeling which causes vertical magnetic forces to have a horizontal component and transverse horizontal magnetic forces to have a vertical component
noun
Etymology: from present part of heel (III)
: a deviation of a compass due to a ship's heeling which causes vertical magnetic forces to have a horizontal component and transverse horizontal magnetic forces to have a vertical component
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012