inclination

Wikipedia

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Etymology

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

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)
• German: Neigung (de) f

• Italian: inclinazione (it) f
• Romanian: înclinație (ro)
• Russian: наклон (ru) (naklón) m

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
• Russian: склон (ru) (sklon) m

mental tendency

• Bengali: প্রবণতা (bn)
• Catalan: inclinació (ca) f
• Dutch: neiging (nl) f, tendens (nl)
• Esperanto: emo (eo), inklino (eo)
• Finnish: taipumus (fi)
• German: Neigung (de) f
• Hebrew: נטיה (he) (n'tiyah)

• Hungarian: hajlam (hu)
• Indonesian: keberpihakan (id), inklanasi (id)
• Italian: inclinazione (it) f
• Polish: skłonność (pl) f
• Romanian: tendință (ro) f, înclinație (ro) f
• Russian: склонность (ru) (sklónnostʹ) f
• Serbo-Croatian: sklonost (sh) 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
• Russian: наклон (ru) (naklón) m

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Translations to be checked

• French: inclinaison f, tendance

• Spanish: inclinación (es) f