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decline noun

  /dɪˈklaɪn/
  • A reduction or diminution of activity, prevalence or quantity.
 lasku, alasajo, pudotus, taantuminen
  • A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
 alamäki, lasku
  • A deterioration of condition; a weakening or worsening.
 alamäki, heikentyminen, lasku
  • The act of declining or refusing something.
 hylkääminen, kieltäytyminen
  • Downward movement, fall.
 lasku, pudotus

decline verb

  /dɪˈklaɪn/
  • (transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.
 taivuttaa
  • (intransitive) To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
 pudota, laskea
  • (intransitive) To become weaker or worse.
 heikentyä, heiketä
  • (transitive) To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
 kieltäytyä

declination noun

  /ˌdɛklɪˈneɪʃən/
  • At a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane.
 deklinaatio
  • At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north.
 eranto, deklinaatio

declinable adjective

  /dɪˈklaɪnəbəɫ/
  • (grammar) Capable of being declined.
 taipuva
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