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The angle between Grid North (up on the map) and Magnetic North (what the compass needle points to).

The bit you take off when you finally remember:

• Grid to Mag - Add; Mag to Grid - Get Rid

(Of course this doesn't work in the Eastern hemisphere, where they do things differently.)