inclination
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[edit] English
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
[edit] Etymology
to incline (itself from Old French encliner, from Latin inclinare) + -ation
[edit] Noun
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inclination (plural inclinations)
- A physical tilt or bend
- The inclination of his head increased and he awoke with a start.
- A slant or slope
- The road up to the house had a steep inclination.
- A mental tendency
- His inclination to drink escalated to alcoholism.
- (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
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slant or slope
mental tendency
geometry: angle of intersection
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