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Inclination
//ˌɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən// noun
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Noun
- 1 A physical tilt or bend. countable, uncountable
"The inclination of his head increased and he awoke with a start."
- 2 the act of inclining; bending forward wordnet
- 3 A slant or slope. countable, uncountable
"The road up to the house had a steep inclination."
- 4 a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect wordnet
- 5 A tendency. countable, uncountable
"His inclination to drink escalated to alcoholism."
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- 6 the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical wordnet
- 7 The angle of intersection of a reference plane. countable, uncountable
"The astronomer calculated the inclination of the equator or ecliptic of Earth and the orbital planes of each visible heavenly body."
- 8 an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others wordnet
- 9 A person or thing loved or admired. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"c. 1672-1679, William Temple, Memoirs you make will be a Discovery of your Inclinations"
- 10 that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking wordnet
- 11 (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis) wordnet
- 12 (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees wordnet
- 13 (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English inclinacioun, inclinacyon, from Old French inclination and Latin inclīnātiō. Morphologically incline + -ation.
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