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Categories: Gravitation, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Geophysics, Geodesy
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vertical deflection  deflection of the plumb line  deflection of the vertical  plumb line deflection  Vertical deflection determination
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The vertical deflection or deflection of the vertical, also known as deflection of the plumb line and astro-geodetic deflection, is a measure of how far the gravity direction at a given point of interest is rotated by local mass anomalies such as nearby mountains. Wikipedia
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The vertical deflection or deflection of the vertical, also known as deflection of the plumb line and astro-geodetic deflection, is a measure of how far the gravity direction at a given point of interest is rotated by local mass anomalies such as nearby mountains. Wikipedia
A measure of how far the direction of the local gravity field has been shifted at a certain point on the Earth by local anomalies such as nearby mountains. Wiktionary
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deflection of the plumb line, deflection of the vertical, plumb line deflection, Vertical deflection determination

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