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English noun: inclination | |||
| 1. | inclination (cognition) an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others | ||
| Samples | He had an inclination to give up too easily. A tendency to be too strict. | ||
| Synonyms | disposition, tendency | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attitude, mental attitude | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bent, Call, denominationalism, devices, direction, disapproval, disfavor, disfavour, dislike, drift, favor, favoritism, favour, favouritism, impartiality, leaning, literalism, movement, nonpartisanship, partiality, partisanship, perseveration, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, set, sympathy, trend, understanding | ||
| 2. | inclination (shape) (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees | ||
| Synonyms | inclination of an orbit | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | angle | ||
| Domain category | astronomy, uranology | ||
| 3. | inclination (shape) (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis) | ||
| Synonyms | angle of inclination | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | angle | ||
| Domain category | geometry | ||
| 4. | inclination (shape) (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon | ||
| Synonyms | angle of dip, dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | angle | ||
| Domain category | natural philosophy, physics | ||
| 5. | inclination (feeling) that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking | ||
| Samples | Her inclination is for classical music. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | liking | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | leaning, propensity, stomach, tendency, undertow | ||
| Antonyms | disinclination | ||
| 6. | inclination (attribute) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical | ||
| Samples | The tower had a pronounced tilt. The ship developed a list to starboard. He walked with a heavy inclination to the right. | ||
| Synonyms | lean, leaning, list, tilt | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | position, spatial relation | ||
| 7. | inclination (attribute) a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect | ||
| Samples | The alkaline inclination of the local waters. Fabric with a tendency to shrink. | ||
| Synonyms | tendency | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disposition | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | buoyancy, desire, electronegativity, heterosis, hybrid vigor, negativity, stainability | ||
| 8. | inclination (act) the act of inclining; bending forward | ||
| Samples | An inclination of his head indicated his agreement. | ||
| Synonyms | inclining | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motility, motion, move, movement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bob, nod, stoop | ||
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