- a disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; a liking or preference: Much against his inclination, he was forced to resign.
- something to which one is inclined: In sports his inclination is tennis.
- the act of inclining; state of being inclined.
- a tendency toward a certain condition, action, etc.: the door's inclination to stick.
- deviation or amount of deviation from a normal, especially horizontal or vertical, direction or position.
- an inclined surface.
- Geometry.
- the angle between two lines or two planes.
- the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line.
- Astronomy.
- the angle between the orbital plane of a planet and another given plane, usually the ecliptic.
- the angle between the equatorial and orbital planes of a planet.
- dip1 (def. 32).
- a particular disposition, esp a liking or preference; tendency
- the degree of deviation from a particular plane, esp a horizontal or vertical plane
- a sloping or slanting surface; incline
- the act of inclining or the state of being inclined
- the act of bowing or nodding the head
- maths
- the angle between a line on a graph and the positive limb of the x- axis
- the smaller dihedral angle between one plane and another
- the angle between the plane of the orbit of a planet or comet and another plane, usually that of the ecliptic
- physics another name for dip (def. 28)
