The angle of dip is the angle
- Abetween the vertical component of earth's magnetic field and magnetic meridian
- Bbetween the vertical component of earth's magnetic field and geographic meridian
- Cbetween earth's magnetic field direction and horizontal line on magnetic meridian
- Dbetween the magnetic meridian and the geographic meridian
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