AGONIC

Etymology 1

Adjective

agonic (not comparable)

(geometry) Lacking an angle.

(cartography, navigation) Having a magnetic deviation of zero.

synonym of agonal

Noun

agonic (plural agonics)

synonym of agonic line.

Etymology 2

Adjective

agonic (not comparable)

Characterized by agony.

(psychology) Of a mode of social interaction based on threats, displays of power, or inducements of anxiety.

Antonym: hedonic

(medicine, obsolete) Occurring shortly before death; agonal.

Anagrams

• Gaonic

Source: Wiktionary


A*gon"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.

Definition: Not forming an angle. Agonic line (Physics), an imaginary line on the earth's surface passing through those places where the magnetic needle points to the true north; the line of no magnetic variation. There is one such line in the Western hemisphere, and another in the Eastern hemisphere.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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