DIP OF THE HORIZON
\dˈɪp ɒvðə həɹˈa͡ɪzən], \dˈɪp ɒvðə həɹˈaɪzən], \d_ˈɪ_p ɒ_v_ð_ə h_ə_ɹ_ˈaɪ_z_ə_n]\
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The angle at the eye of the observer between a plane at right angles to the plumb-line, and a line drawn to a point on the visible horizon or line which seems to bound the ocean. When a magnet is suspended so as to swing freely round a horizontal axis at right angles to the magnetic meridian, it comes to rest at a certain definite inclination to the horizon; this angle (which is different at different places) is the Magnetic D.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.