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in⋅cli⋅na⋅tion

  [in-kluh-ney-shuhn]
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–noun
1. a disposition or bent, esp. of the mind or will; a liking or preference: Much against his inclination, he was forced to resign.
2. something to which one is inclined: In sports his inclination is tennis.
3. the act of inclining; state of being inclined.
4. a tendency toward a certain condition, action, etc.: the door's inclination to stick.
5. deviation or amount of deviation from a normal, esp. horizontal or vertical, direction or position.
6. an inclined surface.
7. Geometry.
a. the angle between two lines or two planes.
b. the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line.
8. Astronomy.
a. the angle between the orbital plane of a planet and another given plane, usually the ecliptic.
b. the angle between the equatorial and orbital planes of a planet.
9. Magnetism. dip (def. 32).
Origin:
1350–1400; ME inclinacioun < L inclīnātiōn- (s. of inclīnātiō), equiv. to inclīnāt(us) ptp. of inclīnāre (see incline, -ate 1 ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
in⋅cli⋅na⋅tion⋅al, adjective

Synonyms:
1. leaning, tendency; propensity, proclivity, predilection, predisposition, penchant. 5, 6. slope, slant, rise, fall, grade, pitch. 6. ramp.

Antonyms:
1. dislike.

dip

1  [dip] verb, dipped or (Archaic) dipt; dip⋅ping; noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
2. to raise or take up by a bailing, scooping, or ladling action: to dip water out of a boat; to dip ice cream from a container.
3. to lower and raise: to dip a flag in salutation.
4. to immerse (a sheep, hog, etc.) in a solution to destroy germs, parasites, or the like.
5. to make (a candle) by repeatedly plunging a wick into melted tallow or wax.
6. Nautical. to lower and rehoist (a yard of a lugsail) when coming about in tacking.
7. Archaic. to baptize by immersion.
8. Obsolete. to moisten or wet as if by immersion.
–verb (used without object)
9. to plunge into water or other liquid and emerge quickly: The boat dipped into the waves.
10. to put the hand, a dipper, etc., down into a liquid or a container, esp. in order to remove something (often fol. by in or into): He dipped into the jar for an olive.
11. to withdraw something, esp. in small amounts (usually fol. by in or into): to dip into savings.
12. to sink or drop down: The sun dipped below the horizon.
13. to incline or slope downward: At that point the road dips into a valley.
14. to decrease slightly or temporarily: Stock-market prices often dip on Fridays.
15. to engage slightly in a subject (often fol. by in or into): to dip into astronomy.
16. to read here and there in a book, subject, or author's work (often fol. by in or into): to dip into Plato.
17. South Midland and Southern U.S. to take snuff.
–noun
18. the act of dipping.
19. that which is taken up by dipping.
20. a quantity taken up by dipping; the amount that a scoop, ladle, dipper, etc., will hold.
21. a scoop of ice cream.
22. Chiefly Northern U.S. a liquid or soft substance into which something is dipped.
23. a creamy mixture of savory foods for scooping with potato chips, crackers, and the like, often served as an hors d'oeuvre, esp. with cocktails.
24. a momentary lowering; a sinking down.
25. a moderate or temporary decrease: a dip in stock-market prices.
26. a downward extension, inclination, slope, or course.
27. the amount of such extension.
28. a hollow or depression in the land.
29. a brief swim: She took a dip in the ocean and then sat on the beach for an hour.
30. Geology, Mining. the downward inclination of a vein or stratum with reference to the horizontal.
31. the angular amount by which the horizon lies below the level of the eye.
32. Also called angle of dip, inclination, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination. the angle that a freely rotating magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon.
33. a short, downward plunge, as of an airplane.
34. a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick into melted tallow or wax.
35. Gymnastics. an exercise on the parallel bars in which the elbows are bent until the chin is on a level with the bars, and then the body is elevated by straightening the arms.
36. Slang. a pickpocket.
—Idiom
37. at the dip, Nautical. not fully raised; halfway up the halyard: an answering pennant flown at the dip. Compare close (def. 75b).
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME dippen (v.), OE dyppan; akin to G taufen to baptize, and to deep

Related forms:
dip⋅pa⋅ble, adjective, noun

Synonyms:
1. duck. Dip, immerse, plunge refer to putting something into liquid. To dip is to put down into a liquid quickly or partially and lift out again: to dip a finger into water to test the temperature. Immerse denotes a lowering into a liquid until covered by it: to immerse meat in salt water. Plunge adds a suggestion of force or suddenness to the action of dipping: to plunge a chicken into boiling water before stripping off the feathers. 2. scoop. 9. dive.
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in·cli·na·tion   (ĭn'klə-nā'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act of inclining or the state of being inclined; a bend or tilt: The inclination of the child's head suggested sleep.
    1. A deviation or the degree of deviation from the horizontal or vertical; a slant: the steep inclination of a roof.
    2. An inclined surface; a slope.
  3. A tendency toward a certain condition or character: the alkaline inclination of the local waters.
  4. A characteristic disposition to do, prefer, or favor one thing rather than another; a propensity: "I shall indulge the inclination so natural in old men, to be talking of themselves" (Benjamin Franklin). See Synonyms at tendency.
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Main Entry: in·cli·na·tion
Pronunciation: "in-kl&-'nA-sh&n, "i[ng]-
Function: noun
: a deviation from the true vertical orhorizontal; especially : the deviation of the long axis of a tooth or of the slope of a cusp from the vertical
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Language Translation for : inclination
Spanish: inclinación, propensión; ganas de,
German: die Neigung,
Japanese: 性向
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inclination in·cli·na·tion (ĭn'klə-nā'shən)
n.

  1. A deviation or the degree of deviation from the horizontal or vertical; a slant.
  2. The deviation of the long axis of a tooth from perpendicular.
  3. A tendency toward a certain condition or character.
  4. A characteristic disposition to do, prefer, or favor one thing rather than another; a propensity.

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inclination   (ĭn'klə-nā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
A deviation or the degree of deviation from the horizontal or vertical.
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