inclination

EnglishEdit

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inclination

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English inclinacioun, inclinacyon, from Old French inclination and Latin inclīnātiō. Morphologically incline +‎ -ation

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
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Rhymes: -eɪʃən

NounEdit

inclination (countable and uncountable, plural inclinations)

A physical tilt or bend.
The inclination of his head increased and he awoke with a start.
A slant or slope.
The road up to the house had a steep inclination.
A mental tendency.
His inclination to drink escalated to alcoholism.
(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.
(obsolete) 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.

SynonymsEdit

(slant or slope): incline, inclining, steepness
(tendency): leaning, proclivity, propensity

Derived termsEdit

inclinational

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

physical tilt or bend

Bulgarian: наклон (bg) m (naklon)
Catalan: inclinació (ca) f
Czech: sklon (cs) m, naklonění n
Dutch: buiging (nl), knik (nl)
Finnish: kallistus (fi), kallistuma
Galician: inclinación (gl) f
German: Neigung (de) f
Italian: inclinazione (it) f
Macedonian: на́клон m (náklon)
Portuguese: inclinação (pt) f
Romanian: înclinare (ro) f
Russian: накло́н (ru) m (naklón), наклоне́ние (ru) n (naklonénije)

slant or slope

Bulgarian: склон (bg) m (sklon), скат (bg) m (skat)
Catalan: desnivell m, inclinació (ca) f
Czech: sklon (cs) m, náklon (cs) m
Dutch: inclinatie (nl) f, helling (nl), glooiing (nl) f, glooiingshoek m
Finnish: rinne (fi), mäki (fi)
Greek:
Ancient: κλίμα n (klíma)
Hebrew: שיפוע‎ m (shipúa)
Italian: dislivello (it) m
Latin: prōpensiō f
Macedonian: на́клон m (náklon)
Polish: pochyłość (pl) f
Portuguese: inclinação (pt) f
Romanian: înclinație (ro) f, pantă (ro) f, povârniș (ro) n, înclinare (ro) f
Russian: скло́н (ru) m (sklón), накло́н (ru) m (naklón), укло́н (ru) m (uklón), отко́с (ru) m (otkós), ска́т (ru) m (skát)

mental tendency

Bengali: প্রবণতা (bn) (probṇota)
Bulgarian: склонност (bg) f (sklonnost)
Catalan: inclinació (ca) f
Czech: sklon (cs) m, náklonnost (cs) f
Danish: tilbøjelighet
Dutch: neiging (nl) f, tendens (nl)
Esperanto: emo, inklino
Finnish: taipumus (fi)
Georgian: მიდრეკილება (midreḳileba)
German: Neigung (de) f
Hebrew: נטיה‎ (he) (n'tiyah)
Hungarian: hajlam (hu)
Indonesian: keberpihakan (id), inklanasi
Italian: inclinazione (it) f
Macedonian: скло́ност f (sklónost), на́клоност f (náklonost)
Maori: ngākau
Middle English: talent
Norwegian: tilbøyelighet
Polish: skłonność (pl) f
Portuguese: inclinação (pt) f
Romanian: tendință (ro) f, înclinație (ro) f
Russian: скло́нность (ru) f (sklónnostʹ), накло́нность (ru) f (naklónnostʹ), (tendency) тенде́нция (ru) f (tendéncija)
Serbo-Croatian: sklonost (sh) f, nagnuće n
Swedish: böjelse (sv) c
Ukrainian: схи́льність f (sxýlʹnistʹ)

geometry: angle of intersection

Bulgarian: наклон (bg) m (naklon)
Catalan: inclinació (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 倾角 (zh)
Czech: inklinace f
Dutch: inclinatie (nl) f
Finnish: inklinaatio (fi)
Galician: inclinación (gl) f
Italian: inclinazione (it) f
Macedonian: наклон m (naklon)
Polish: nachylenie (pl) n, inklinacja (pl) f
Portuguese: inclinação (pt) f
Russian: накло́н (ru) m (naklón)
Serbo-Croatian: inklinacija (sh) f

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