inclination

[inclination]

(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon

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the act of inclining; bending forward; "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement"

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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"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink"

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the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"

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an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"

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that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking; "her 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)

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(astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees

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(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon

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Usage Examples

In my business, if I get too close to you and you die, it hurts me. And so you develop a natural inclination not to be close to the patient, so that if things don't work out ideally, you can still get up the next day and care for the next patient.

When I'm in town on Sundays, I sometimes go down to the Central Bar in the East Village to watch English football. But my natural inclination now is to get in the car with my wife and kids and get out of town.

Taste may change, but inclination never.

I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.

Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.

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Other Usage Examples

The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can be practiced at any hour of the day or night, whenever the time and inclination comes, that is your time for reading in joy or sorrow, health or illness.

There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself, and to find every where those ideas which are most present to it.

I am sure that, on the one hand, the Rothschilds appreciate the merits of Marx, and that on the other hand, Marx feels an instinctive inclination and a great respect for the Rothschilds.

I learned easily and had time to follow my inclination for sports (light athletics and skiing) and chemistry, which I taught myself by reading all textbooks I could get.

Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.