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Isoclinic lines are lines
Line (mathematics)

In geometry, a line is a Curvature curve. When geometry is used to model the real world, lines are used to represent straight objects with negligible width and height....
 connecting those parts where the inclination of the Earth's magnetic field
Earth's magnetic field

Earth's magnetic field is approximately a magnetic dipole, with one magnetic pole near the north pole and the other near the geographic south pole ....
 is the same in amount. They are similar to isogonic lines. which are lines connecting points of equal magnetic declination
Magnetic declination

The magnetic declination at any point on the Earth is the angle between the local magnetic field -- the direction the north end of a compass points -- and true north....
. The line drawn through the points of zero magnetic inclination is called the aclinic line
Aclinic Line

The aclinic line is the magnetic equator, along which the needle of a Magnetism compass always remains horizontal....
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Isoclinic lines are lines
Line (mathematics)

In geometry, a line is a Curvature curve. When geometry is used to model the real world, lines are used to represent straight objects with negligible width and height....
 connecting those parts where the inclination of the Earth's magnetic field
Earth's magnetic field

Earth's magnetic field is approximately a magnetic dipole, with one magnetic pole near the north pole and the other near the geographic south pole ....
 is the same in amount. They are similar to isogonic lines. which are lines connecting points of equal magnetic declination
Magnetic declination

The magnetic declination at any point on the Earth is the angle between the local magnetic field -- the direction the north end of a compass points -- and true north....
. The line drawn through the points of zero magnetic inclination is called the aclinic line
Aclinic Line

The aclinic line is the magnetic equator, along which the needle of a Magnetism compass always remains horizontal....
.