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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

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
Declension of declinator
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) declinator declinatorul (niște) declinatoare declinatoarele
genitive/dative (unui) declinator declinatorului (unor) declinatoare declinatoarelor
vocative declinatorule declinatoarelor
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