astrogeodetic deflection

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astrogeodetic deflection [‚as·trō‚jē·ə′ded·ik di′flek·shən]

(geodesy)

The angle at a point between the normal to the geoid and the normal to the ellipsoid of an astrogeodetically oriented datum. Also known as relative deflection.

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