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Reclination

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of leaning or reclining. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    The angle made by the plane of a dial with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Removal of a cataract by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one. countable, uncountable

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Compare French réclinaison.

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