declinator

English

Etymology

Compare French déclinateur. See decline.

Noun

declinator (plural declinators)

1. An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.
2. (obsolete) A dissenter.
   • 1693, John Hacket, Scrinia Reserata:

     the Votes of the Declinators could not be heard for the noise

References

• “declinator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• centroidal

Latin

Verb

dēclīnātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of dēclīnō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French declinateur.

Noun

declinator n (plural declinatoare)

1. declinometer

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	declinator	declinatorul		declinatoare	declinatoarele
genitive-dative	declinator	declinatorului		declinatoare	declinatoarelor
vocative	declinatorule			declinatoarelor