Definition of inclination Inclination

/ɪˌnklʌnejˈʃʌn/ - [inkluneyshun] - in•cli•na•tion

We found 19 definitions of inclination from 7 different sources.

What does inclination mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: inclinations
inclination - 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"
		disposition, tendency
		mental attitude, attitude a theatrical pose created for effect; "the actor struck just the right attitude"
		direction a general course along which something has a tendency to develop; "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals determined the direction of his career"; "they proposed a new direction for the firm"
		trend, drift, movement a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"
		call (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call"
		denominationalism the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations
		devices an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'; "eventually the family left the house to the devices of this malevolent force"; "the children were left to their own devices"
		sympathy, understanding an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"
		favoritism, favouritism an inclination to favor some person or group
		proclivity, propensity, leaning a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
		bent, set a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"
		literalism the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature
		perseveration the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it
		predisposition a disposition in advance to react in a particular way
		favor, favour an act of gracious kindness
		disfavor, disfavour, dislike, disapproval an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
		partisanship, partiality an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
inclination - the act of inclining; bending forward; "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement"
		inclining
		motility, move, motion, movement ability to move spontaneously and independently
		bob a short abrupt inclination (as of the head); "he gave me a short bob of acknowledgement"
		nod the act of nodding the head
inclination - that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking; "her inclination is for classical music"
		disinclination that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike; "his disinclination for modesty is well known"
		liking a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin"
		propensity, leaning, tendency the act of deviating from a vertical position
		stomach an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
inclination - (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)
		angle of inclination
		angle a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons
		geometry the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces
inclination - (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees
		inclination of an orbit
		angle a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons
		astronomy, uranology the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
inclination - 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"
		tendency
		disposition your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"
		heterosis, hybrid vigor (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent
		buoyancy the tendency to float in water or other liquid
		electronegativity, negativity (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond
		stainability (cytology) the capacity of cells or cell parts to stain specifically with certain dyes
inclination - 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"
		tilt, list, lean, leaning
		spatial relation, position the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
inclination - (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
		dip, angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination
		angle a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons
		natural philosophy, physics the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"

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Wiktionary

inclination (Noun)
A physical tilt or bend.
inclination (Noun)
A slant or slope.
inclination (Noun)
A mental tendency.
inclination (Noun)
The angle of intersection of a reference plane.
inclination (Noun)
A person or thing loved or admired.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

inclination
A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction.
inclination
At an angle relative to a level plane or to another plane of reference.

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inclination
In geometry, is the mutual tendency of two lines or planes towards each other, so as to form an angle.

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inclination
In gunnery, the inclination of a plane is the angle it makes with the horizon either above or below.

Wikipedia

Inclination in general is the angle between a reference plane and another plane or axis of direction. The axial tilt is described as the angle made by the planet's axis and a line drawn through the planet's center perpendicular to the orbital plane.