inclination
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noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)A physical tilt or bend.
The inclination of his head increased and he awoke with a start.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A slant or slope.
The road up to the house had a steep inclination.
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(countable, uncountable)A tendency.
His inclination to drink escalated to alcoholism.
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(countable, uncountable)(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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(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A person or thing loved or admired.
c. 1672-1679, William Temple, Memoirs you make will be a Discovery of your Inclinations
c. 1771, John Adams, speaking in a trial Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
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ine-pro From Middle English inclinacioun, inclinacyon, from Old French inclination and Latin inclīnātiō. Morphologically incline + -ation.