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inclination

INCLINA'TION, n. [L. inclinatio. See Incline.]

1. A leaning; any deviation of a body or line from an upright position, or from a parallel line, towards another body; as the inclination of the head in bowing.

2. In geometry, the angle made by two lines or planes that meet; as, the inclination of axis of the earth to the place of the ecliptic is 23 deg.28 feet.

3. A leaning of the mind or will; propension or propensity; a disposition more favorable to one thing than to another. The prince has no inclination to peace. The bachelor has manifested no inclination to marry. Men have a natural inclination to pleasure.

A mere inclination to a thing is not properly a willing of that thing.

4. Love; affection; regard; desire; with for. Some men have an inclination for music, others for painting.

5. Disposition of mind.

6. The dip of the magnetic needle, or its tendency to incline towards the earth; also, the angle made by the needle with the horizon.

7. The act of decanting liquors by stooping or inclining the vessel.


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INCLINA'TION, n. [L. inclinatio. See Incline.]

1. A leaning; any deviation of a body or line from an upright position, or from a parallel line, towards another body; as the inclination of the head in bowing.

2. In geometry, the angle made by two lines or planes that meet; as, the inclination of axis of the earth to the place of the ecliptic is 23 deg.28 feet.

3. A leaning of the mind or will; propension or propensity; a disposition more favorable to one thing than to another. The prince has no inclination to peace. The bachelor has manifested no inclination to marry. Men have a natural inclination to pleasure.

A mere inclination to a thing is not properly a willing of that thing.

4. Love; affection; regard; desire; with for. Some men have an inclination for music, others for painting.

5. Disposition of mind.

6. The dip of the magnetic needle, or its tendency to incline towards the earth; also, the angle made by the needle with the horizon.

7. The act of decanting liquors by stooping or inclining the vessel.

IN-CLIN-A'TION, n. [Fr. from L. inclinatio. See Incline.]

  1. A leaning; any deviation of a body or line from an upright position, or from a parallel line, toward another body; as, the inclination of the head in bowing.
  2. In geometry, the angle made by two lines or planes that meet; as, the inclination of the axis of the earth to the plane of the ecliptic is 23ยบ 28'.
  3. A leaning of the mind or will; propension or propensity; a disposition more favorable to one thing than to another. The prince has no inclination to peace. The bachelor has manifested no inclination to marry. Men have a natural inclination to pleasure. A mere inclination to a thing is not properly a willing of that thing. South.
  4. Love; affection; regard; desire; with for. Some men have an inclination for music, others for painting.
  5. Disposition of mind. Shak.
  6. The dip of the magnetic needle, or its tendency to incline toward the earth; also, the angle made by the needle with the horizon. Enfield.
  7. The act of decanting liquors by stooping or inclining the vessel. Quincy.

In`cli*na"tion
  1. The act of inclining, or state of being inclined; a leaning; as, an inclination of the head.
  2. A direction or tendency from the true vertical or horizontal direction; as, the inclination of a column, or of a road bed.
  3. A tendency towards another body or point.
  4. The angle made by two lines or planes; as, the inclination of the plane of the earth's equator to the plane of the ecliptic is about 23° 28***prime]; the inclination of two rays of light.
  5. A leaning or tendency of the mind, feelings, preferences, or will; propensity; a disposition more favorable to one thing than to another; favor; desire; love.

    A mere inclination to a thing is not properly a willing of that thing. South.

    How dost thou find the inclination of the people? Shak.

  6. A person or thing loved or admired.

    Sir W. Temple.
  7. Decantation, or tipping for pouring.

    Inclination compass, an inclinometer. - - Inclination of an orbit (Astron.), the angle which the orbit makes with the ecliptic. -- Inclination of the needle. See Dip of the needle, under Dip.

    Syn. -- Bent; tendency; proneness; bias; proclivity; propensity; prepossession; predilection; attachment; desire; affection; love. See Bent, and cf. Disposition.

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Inclination

INCLINA'TION, noun [Latin inclinatio. See Incline.]

1. A leaning; any deviation of a body or line from an upright position, or from a parallel line, towards another body; as the inclination of the head in bowing.

2. In geometry, the angle made by two lines or planes that meet; as, the inclination of axis of the earth to the place of the ecliptic is 23 deg.28 feet.

3. A leaning of the mind or will; propension or propensity; a disposition more favorable to one thing than to another. The prince has no inclination to peace. The bachelor has manifested no inclination to marry. Men have a natural inclination to pleasure.

A mere inclination to a thing is not properly a willing of that thing.

4. Love; affection; regard; desire; with for. Some men have an inclination for music, others for painting.

5. Disposition of mind.

6. The dip of the magnetic needle, or its tendency to incline towards the earth; also, the angle made by the needle with the horizon.

7. The act of decanting liquors by stooping or inclining the vessel.

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