inclination
noun
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the act of inclininginclining
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a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect“the alkaline inclination of the local waters”tendency
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the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the verticaltiltleanleaninglist
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an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others“I have an inclination to give up too easily.”disposition
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that toward which one is inclined to feel a liking“The music teacher's inclination is for classical music.”
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(geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)angle of inclination
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(astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degreesinclination of an orbit
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(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizondipangle of dipmagnetic dipmagnetic inclination