inclination

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Etymology

to incline (itself from Old French encliner, from Latin inclinare) + -ation

Noun

inclination (plural inclinations)

1. A physical tilt or bend
   • The inclination of his head increased and he awoke with a start.
2. A slant or slope
   • The road up to the house had a steep inclination.
3. A mental tendency
   • His inclination to drink escalated to alcoholism.
4. (geometry) The angle of intersection of a reference plane

   The astronomer calculated the inclination of the equator or ecliptic of Earth and the orbital planes of each visible heavenly body.

   Artillery must take account of a weapon's precise inclination.

5. (obsolete) A person or thing loved or admired.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir W. Temple to this entry?)

Derived terms

• inclinational

Synonyms

• incline
• inclining
• steepness

Related terms

• inclinable
• inclined plane
• inclinometer

Translations

physical tilt or bend

Catalan: inclinació (ca) f. Dutch: buiging (nl), knik (nl) Finnish: kallistus (fi), kallistuma (fi)

Italian: inclinazione (it) f. Romanian: înclinație (ro)

slant or slope

Catalan: desnivell (ca) m., inclinació (ca) f. Dutch: inclinatie (nl) f., helling (nl), glooiing (nl) f., glooiingshoek (nl) m. Finnish: rinne (fi), mäki (fi) Hebrew: שיפוע (he) (shipúa) m.

Italian: dislivello (it) m. Polish: pochyłość (pl) f. Romanian: înclinație (ro) f., pantă (ro) f., povârniș (ro) n., înclinare (ro) f.

mental tendency

Bengali: প্রবণতা (bn) Bosnian: sklonost (bs) f. Catalan: inclinació (ca) f. Dutch: neiging (nl) f., tendens (nl) Esperanto: emo (eo), inklino (eo)

Finnish: taipumus (fi) Hebrew: נטיה (he) (n'tiyah) Italian: inclinazione (it) f. Polish: skłonność (pl) f. Romanian: tendință (ro) f., înclinație (ro) f.

geometry: angle of intersection

Catalan: inclinació (ca) f. Dutch: inclinatie (nl) f. Finnish: inklinaatio (fi)

Italian: inclinazione (it) f. Polish: nachylenie n., inklinacja f.

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Translations to be checked

French: inclinaison f., tendance

Spanish: inclinación (es) f.