adjective
- not forming an angle; having no angle
- relating to or denoting a line on the Earth's surface along which magnetic declination is zero
Usage: technical; geometry
Usage: geography; geophysics
Examples
- The agonic line runs through the Earth where true north and magnetic north align.
- Navigators must account for magnetic declination except along the agonic line.
- The curve was described as agonic because it contained no sharp corners or angles.
- In 2020, the agonic line passed through the western United States.
- An agonic surface has no angular features or vertices.