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VAR

Spanish translation: variación/declinación

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English term or phrase:VAR
Spanish translation:variación/declinación
Entered by: Andrés Barros

17:21 Mar 7, 2019
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime / Naval Form Terminology
English term or phrase: VAR
Hello everyone,

Context: The name of the form is LOG-NAVIGATION DATA SHEET. It can even be downloaded empty on pdf from google. In the one I have, the information for a ship´s journey is filled in. There are many terms here I cannot find in my dictionaries.

The term:
In one column, this is written.
"VAR"

I assume it could be "variation", because one column is named "gyro crs/brg", while another is called "true crs/brg".
Maybe this column should show the variation between both, but it´s all blank.
Every line under "gyro" was filled in with an "M". Every line under "true", was filled in with a "V".

I would assume a lot of this naval vocabulary, is standardized. So...

My try:
"VAR"

Thank you for any help.
Andrés Barros
Ecuador
Local time: 10:18
variación/declinación
Explanation:
Hola, Andrés:

Coincido en que podría ser variation. He encontrado el término magnetic variation o magnetic declination, que, según las fuentes que he consultado, se traduce como variación magnética o declinación magnética.

Aquí hay una definición en español:

• “Como hemos visto la diferencia entre el norte magnético y el norte verdadero en cualquier lugar concreto de la Tierra se denomina declinación magnética”. Fuente: https://thetrekkinglife.com/articulos/orientacion/111-los-tr...

Esto parece coincidir con estas definiciones de magnetic variation:

• “Magnetic Variation - The angular difference between true north and magnetic north. Also known as declination”. Fuente: https://www.thebalancecareers.com/aircraft-navigation-terms-...

• “Magnetic declination, or magnetic variation, is the angle on the horizontal plane between magnetic north (…) and true north”. Fuente: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_declination


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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-03-07 19:27:34 GMT)
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En el siguiente documento, donde utilizaban el término desvío, de la consulta anterior, también usan declinación magnética: http://sitiowcontingencia.prefecturanaval.gov.ar/web/es/html...
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Maximiliano Vaccaro
Argentina
Local time: 12:18
Grading comment
Thank you very much!
The links were helpful.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1Desvío
Peter Guest
2variación/declinación
Maximiliano Vaccaro


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var
Desvío


Explanation:
This is an intersting subject.
There are plenty of texts that describe what a cpmpass displays and the way it needs adjusting to draw on a chart.

Peter Guest
Spain
Local time: 17:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 473

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var
variación/declinación


Explanation:
Hola, Andrés:

Coincido en que podría ser variation. He encontrado el término magnetic variation o magnetic declination, que, según las fuentes que he consultado, se traduce como variación magnética o declinación magnética.

Aquí hay una definición en español:

• “Como hemos visto la diferencia entre el norte magnético y el norte verdadero en cualquier lugar concreto de la Tierra se denomina declinación magnética”. Fuente: https://thetrekkinglife.com/articulos/orientacion/111-los-tr...

Esto parece coincidir con estas definiciones de magnetic variation:

• “Magnetic Variation - The angular difference between true north and magnetic north. Also known as declination”. Fuente: https://www.thebalancecareers.com/aircraft-navigation-terms-...

• “Magnetic declination, or magnetic variation, is the angle on the horizontal plane between magnetic north (…) and true north”. Fuente: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_declination


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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-03-07 19:27:34 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

En el siguiente documento, donde utilizaban el término desvío, de la consulta anterior, también usan declinación magnética: http://sitiowcontingencia.prefecturanaval.gov.ar/web/es/html...

Maximiliano Vaccaro
Argentina
Local time: 12:18
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 32
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The links were helpful.
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