INCLINATION
Definition of INCLINATION
- (noun)an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- (noun)(astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees
- (noun)(geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)
- (noun)(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
- (noun)that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
- (noun)the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
- (noun)a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
- (noun)the act of inclining; bending forward