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Definition: Inclination |
InclinationNoun1. 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". 2. (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees. 3. (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis). 4. (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon. 5. That toward which you are inclined to feel a liking; "her inclination is for classical music". 6. 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". 7. 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". 8. The act of inclining; bending forward; "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "inclination" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Aerospace | 1. = magnetic dip. 2. ( Symbol i ). The angle between the plane of an orbit and a reference plane.The equator is the reference plane for geocentric orbits and the ecliptic is the reference plane for heliocentric orbits. (references) |
Geography | The inclination of a rock stratum from the horizontal, the angle between its maximum slope and the horizontal being the true dip. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. The angular dip of a vein, a bed, etc., measured in degrees from the horizontal plane b. Angle between the direction of the magnetic field and the horizontalplane. Syn:declination. (references) |
Physics | The inclination of a planet's orbit is the angle between the plane of its orbit and the ecliptic; the inclination of a moon's orbit is the angle between the plane of its orbit and the plane of its primary's equator. (references) |
Post & Telecom | The angle between the orbital plane of a satellite and the principal reference plane. Source: European Union. (references) |
Science | One of the six Keplerian elements, it indicates the angle of the orbit plane to the central body's equator. See Keplerian elements for diagram. The elliptical path of a satellite orbit lies in a plane known as the orbital plane. The orbital plane always goes through the center of the Earth but may be tilted at any angle relative to the equator. Inclination is the angle between the equatorial plane and the orbital plane measured counter-clockwise at the ascending node. A satellite in an orbit that exactly matches the equator has an inclination of 0 degree, whereas one whose orbit crosses the Earth's poles has an inclination of 90 degrees. Because the angle is measured in a counterclockwise direction, it is quite possible for a satellite to have an inclination of more than 90 degrees. An inclination of 180 degrees would mean the satellite is orbiting the equator, but in the opposite direction of the Earth's rotation. Some sun-synchronous satellites that maintain the same ground track throughout the year have inclinations of as much as 98 degrees. U.S. scientific satellites that study the sun are placed in orbits closer to the equator, frequently at 28 degrees inclination. Most weather satellites are placed in high-inclination orbits so they can oversee weather conditions worldwide. See orbital inclination. (references) |
Space | Orbitalthe angle between the orbital plane of a satellite or planet and some reference plane, usually linked to the center of attraction (e.g. Earth equatorial plane, or plane of the ecliptic). The angle between two planes is defined as the angle between their perpendiculars, at any point of their intersection. Orbital inclination is one of 6 orbital elements. (references) |
| The angular distance of the orbital plane from the plane of the planet's equator, stated in degrees. (references) | |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Inclination is one of the six orbital parameters describing the shape and orientation of a celestial orbit.In the solar system, the inclination of the orbit of a planet is defined as the angle between the plane of the orbit of the planet, and the ecliptic, which is the orbit of Earth.
The inclination of orbits of natural satellites is measured relative to the equatorial plane of the body they orbit (the equatorial plane is the plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the central body). For the Moon however, the inclination is measured with respect to the ecliptic, i.e. the plane of the orbit that Earth and Moon track together around the Sun.
The inclination of a binary star is defined as the angle between the orbital plane and the direction to the observer. Binary stars with inclination close to 90 degrees are often eclipsing.
See also: axial tilt
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Synonyms: InclinationSynonyms: angle of dip (n), angle of inclination (n), dip (n), disposition (n), inclination of an orbit (n), inclining (n), lean (n), leaning (n), list (n), magnetic dip (n), magnetic inclination (n), tendency (n), tilt (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: disinclination (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Desire | Mind, inclination, leaning, bent, animus, partiality, penchant, predilection; propensity; willingness; liking, love, fondness, relish. |
Inequality | Noun: inequality; disparity, imparity; odds; difference; unevenness; inclination of the balance, partiality, bias, weight; shortcoming; casting weight, make-weight; superiority; inferiority; inequation. |
Love | Noun: love; fondness; Adjective: liking; inclination; (desire); regard, dilection, admiration, fancy. |
Obliquity | Noun: obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness; Adjective: slopeness; leaning; Verb: bevel, tilt; bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch; distortion; bend; (curve); tower of Pisa. |
Tendency | Noun: tendency; aptness, proneness, proclivity, bent, turn, tone, bias, set, leaning to, predisposition, inclination, propensity, susceptibility; conatus, nisus; liability; quality, nature, temperament; idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy; cast, vein, grain; humor, mood; drift; (direction); conduciveness, conducement; applicability; (utility); subservience; (instrumentality). |
Will | Pleasure, wish, mind; desire; frame of mind; (inclination); intention; predetermination; selfcontrol; determination; (resolution); force of will. |
Willingness | Disposition, inclination, leaning, animus; frame of mind, humor, mood, vein; bent; (turn of mind); penchant; (desire);disposition, inclination, leaning, animus; frame of mind, humor, mood, vein; bent; (turn of mind); penchant; (desire); aptitude. |
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Screenplays | That's because he deals with man's inclination towards sin, in defiance of God's will (Volcano; writing credit: Jerome Armstrong) They have neither the time, the training, nor the inclination for strategic thought (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb; writing credit: Peter George; Stanley Kubrick) Well, I have the inclination, the maturity, and the where-with-all; but unfortunately, I don't have the time (The Cowboys; writing credit: William Dale Jennings; Irving Ravetch) | |
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 | Figure I - Instrument to measure evaporation. Figures 2 and 3 - instruments for measuring magnetic declination and inclination. In" Beschreibung der meteorologischen Instrumente.... by Augustin Stark, published in 1815. Library Call Number QC876 .S72 1815. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | Hits the water with a huge splash, during her launching at Manitowoc Shipyards, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 9 May 1943. Note the inclination gage mounted on her hull side. Credit: NAVY. |
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Francois De La Rochefoucauld | Taste may change, but inclination never. |
William Hazlitt | Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt; none out of ten have the inclination. |
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John Locke | 1690 | God having made man such a creature, that in his own judgment, it was not good for him to be alone, put him under strong obligations of necessity, convenience, and inclination to drive him into society, as well as fitted him with understanding and language to continue and enjoy it. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | She owned that, considering every thing, she was not absolutely without inclination for the party |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He was benevolent, abrupt, charitable, and had he been rich, his inclination would have been to be magnificent |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The sailors were all in amazement, and asked me a thousand questions, which I had no inclination to answer |
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Health | The patient's blood pressure is measured, sometimes before and after administration of medication that hastens the heartbeat, at several angles of inclination and declination. (references) | |
Business | Koreans have traditionally shown a strong inclination toward outward appearances. (references) | |
However, it is essential to keep materials short and sweet, since most Saudis do not have the time or inclination to read lengthy promotional materials. (references) | ||
One factor that must not be overlooked is that Greece neither had the manufacturing inclination to this type of production nor was it a low labor cost country for such an industry to pickup. (references) | ||
Children | Costa Rica | Traditional attitudes and the inclination to treat such crimes as misdemeanors sometimes hamper legal proceedings against those who commit crimes against children. (references) |
Economic History | Jamaica | The inclination of US visitors to purchase food items with which they are accustomed, has skewed approximately US$ 62 million of Jamaica's total tourist expenditure towards the purchase of U.S. agricultural products. (references) |
Hungary | Perhaps the best franchising models for the Hungarian market are home-based, lower capital franchises that focus on the well-educated, highly motivated Hungarians who already possess a natural inclination toward small-scale entrepreneurship but lack financing. (references) | |
Human Rights | India | Many commanders' inclination to distance their units from such practices has led to reduced participation in them and a transfer of some of these abuses to government-supported countermilitants. (references) |
Political Economy | Burma | Since it seized power in 1988, the junta has shown no inclination to cede its hold on power. (references) |
Trade | Lithuania | Lithuania extends MFN treatment to U.S. products, with consumer product tariffs at approximately 15%. Tariffs on agricultural products are relatively higher, based on the inclination of the Lithuanian Government to protect the local farmers. (references) |
Worker Rights | Thailand | Their inclination when dealing with violators is to negotiate promises of better future behavior, rather than to seek prosecution and punishment. (references) |
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | The acceptance of and continuance hitherto in the office to which your suffrages have twice called me have been a uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty and to a deference to what appeared to be your desire. |
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| "Inclination" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.81% of the time. "Inclination" is used about 518 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.81% | 517 | 11,748 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.19% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 518 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "inclination". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Ashdod | N/A | Biblical | Inclination |
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Expressions using "inclination": angle of inclination ♦ evil inclination ♦ inclination angle ♦ inclination compass ♦ inclination of an orbit ♦ Inclination of the needle ♦ inclination test ♦ magnetic inclination ♦ tip inclination. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "inclination": high-inclination. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
inclination | 11 |
angle inclination | 4 |
axis inclination steering | 2 |
corporate inclination orientation there | 2 |
inclination sensor | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "inclination"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | lus (disposal, tendency). (various references) | |
Albanian | ulje (commutation, cut, cutback, decrease, degradation, depression, derogation, descent, diminution, disparagement, down, drop, falling, immersion, knee bend, landing, modulation, rebate, reduction, relaxation, sinking), tendencë (aim, drift, leaning, proclivity, set, tendency, trend), prirje (affinity, aptitude, bent, current, disposition, drift, flair, fondness, gift, habit, leaning, liability, mission, penchant, proclivity, propensity, run, set, taste, tendency, trend, vocation), preferencë (likes, preference), pjerrje (bevel, bias, careen, list, obliquity, tilt), pjerrësi (cocking, declination, declivity, gradient, incidence, incline, knee, pitch, ramp, recliner, scarp, set, shearing, site, slant, slope, splay, talus, tilt, trim). (various references) | |
Arabic | ميل (affection, aptness, bent, bevel, cant, disposition, flair, genius, gradient, gust, gusto, lean, leaning, liking, obliqueness, obliquity, penchant, persuasion, ply, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, readiness, run, sentiment, set, slant, slope, strain, tendency, tip, turn, use, will), محدب (arched, bent, cambered, convex, crooked, prominent, protuberant, vaulted), هوى (aerate, air, fan, fantasy, freak, love, passion, phantasy, sentiment, vagary, whim), زاوية الميل (inclined), إنحناءة (bow, obeisance), إنحراف (aberration, cant, declination, deflection, deflexion, deformity, departure, depravity, deviation, deviousness, divergence, diversion, drift, excursion, immorality, list, obliqueness, obliquity, perversion, perversity, sheer, sidetrack, swerve, tangency, twist), إنحدار (coming down, decline, declivity, downgrade, downhill, falling, rake, ramp, scarp, slope, steep, tilt), رغبة (craving, desire, device, disposition, hangnail, longing, lust, mind, readiness, stomach, will, willingness, wish), درجة الميل. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ъгъл на падане (angle of incidence), склонност (addiction, affectation, aptitude, bent, bias, disposition, fancy, fondness, habit, leaning, liability, liking, partiality, penchant, ply, predilection, predispose, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, relish, squint, stomach, taste, tendency, turn, vein), склон (ascent, decline, declivity, descent, downhill, drop, flank, hang, hanging, hillside, incline, pitch, pitching, ramp, side, slant, slope, talus, versant), вкус (choice, discernment, fancy, flavour, liking, palate, penchant, relish, sapor, savor, savour, smack, stomach, taste, tincture, tinge), влечение (affinity, call, calling, vein, vocation, weakness), обич (affection, endearment, fondness, love), наклонност (bent, habitude, liability, liking, set, strain, vocation), наклоненост (incline, obliquity, slope), наклон (batter, bevel, bias, declension, declivity, dip, fall, grade, gradient, incidence, incline, inflection, inflexion, lean, leaning, low-grade, rake, ramp, rise, skew, slant, slope, throw, tilt, versant), нанадолнище (decline, declivity, downgrade, slope down), предразположение (liability, penchant, predispose, prejudice, prepossession, proneness, propensity, set), инклинация (incline). (various references) | |
Chinese | 倾向 (declination, Favored, Favoring, Proclivity, Propensities, Propensity, Tendencies, tendency). (various references) | |
Czech | inklinace (disposition), spád (cadence, dip, downgrade, gradient, hang, momentum, rate, slope), sklon (aptitude, bent, bevel, bias, dip, disposition, drive, fall, gradient, lean, leaning, penchant, ply, proclivity, propensity, rake, slant, slope, strain, tendency, tilt, twist), náklonnost (affection, bent, bias, Favor, favour, fondness, goodwill, partiality, penchant, proclivity, taste), náchylnost (liability, predisposition, proclivity, propensity), úklon. (various references) | |
Danish | tendens (disposal, tendency). (various references) | |
Dutch | zin (acceptation, contention, desire, disposal, feel, feeling, intention, meaning, opinion, plan, pleasure, sensation, sense, sentence, tendency, want, will, willingness, wish), neiging (disposal, tendency), lust (desire, disposal, lust, passion, sexual pleasure, tendency, want, wish), aanvechting (disposal, temptation, tendency). (various references) | |
Esperanto | inklino (disposal, tendency). (various references) | |
Faeroese | lyndi (disposal, tendency), hugur (disposal, lust, passion, tendency). (various references) | |
Farsi | نهاد (Character, Institution, Quality), تمایل (Gust, Hang, List, Pendulum, Preoccupation, Sentiment, Streak, Tendency, Tenor, Tilt, Turquoise, Vein, Would, Yen), سیرت (Character, Moral, Morality), طبیعت (Nature, Navigate, Quality, Temperament), انحراف (Corruption, Deflexion, Departure, Detour, Deviance, Digression, Invert, Leeway, Offset, Perversion, Refraction, Skew, Slope, Veer, Yaw), شیب (Declivity, Dip, Gradient, Incline, Pendant, Rake, Slant, Slope, Tilt). (various references) | |
Finnish | inklinaatio (angle of inclination), taipuvaisuus (disposition, leaning, readiness, tendency, willingness), taipumus (aptitude, talent, tendency), kaltevuus (declivity), kallistuminen (leaning, rise in prices), kallistuma (heel, list, lurch, tilt), kaade (dip, full dip, pitch, plunge, rake, slope, strike, surface slope, true dip, waterslope), halu (bent, desire longing wish, eagerness, lust, tendency), alttius (dedication, liability, predisposition, susceptibility, willingness). (various references) | |
French | inclination, inclinaison d'une orbite (angle of inclination), inclinaison (incline), propension, plongée (feed motion directed to the interior, feed motion towards the interior, feed movement directed to the interior, feed movement towards the interior, infeed, in-feed), pente (incline), pendage, envie, angle d'inclination. (various references) | |
Frisian | oanstriid (disposal, tendency), oanfjochting (disposal, tendency). (various references) | |
German | neigung (affection, affinity, aptitude, bent, bias, declination, decline, dip, disposition, fall, fondness, gradient, incline, lean, leaning, list, obliqueness, penchant, pitch, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, rake, slant, slope, taste, tendance, tendency, tilt, turn), Neigungswinkel (tilt angle), Lust (appetite, delight, desire, disposal, gusto, itch, joy, lust, mind, passion, pleasure, sexual pleasure, stomach, tendency, want, wish, yen, zest), Inklination (dip, disposal, tendency). (various references) | |
Greek | κλίση (acclivity, aptitude, bend, bent, bias, cant, careen, conjugation, flair, flexion, gradient, inflection, inflexion, leaning, list, penchant, pitch, proclivity, propensity, slant, slope, tendency, tilt, tipping), ροπή (proclivity, propensity, tendency, torque, trend). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מרכן, יצר (compose, create, creature, desire, impulse, instinct, lust, nature, urge), הטיה (bending, bias, declension, diversion, tilt), הרכנה (bending, bowing, nodding), נטיה (bent, deviation, disposition, leaning, liking, penchant, pitch, predilection, proclivity, propensity, rake, set, slant, spirit, streak, taste, tendency, tenor, tide, tilt, trend). (various references) | |
Hungarian | inklináció (dip), pálya hajlása, meghajtás (actuation, drive, driving, obeisance, propulsion), lejtõ (gradient, incline, lean, prone, side, slant, slope, slope lift), lejtés (batter, downhill, droop, gradient, hang, pitching, rake, slope, swing), lejtősség (declension, gradient, incline, rake, slope), lehajtás (droop), kedv (appetite, cue, humor, liking, mind, pleasure, spirit, zest), hajlandóság (leaning, notion, propensity, stomach, tendency, willingness), hajlamosság (diathesis, proneness, susceptibility), hajlam (aptitude, bent, bias, dispose, disposition, gift, hank, instinct, leaning, liability, penchant, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, susceptibility, tendency), elhajlás (bash, bend, deflection, deflexion, deviation, dip, excursion, lean, leaning, precession, toot), előszeretet (affectation, fondness, penchant, predilection). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kecondongan (leaning, tendency), kecenderungan (predisposition, preference, tendency), doyongan. (various references) | |
Irish | claon. (various references) | |
Italian | pendenza (gradient, incline, lean, outstanding account, pending suit, slant, slope, tilt), inclinazione (addiction, aptitude, assessment, bend, bent, bias, cant, dip, disposition, fancy, gradient, hang, lean, liking, penchant, pitch, proclivity, proneness, propensity, slant, slope, stoop, taste, tendency, tilt, tip). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 了見 (decision, design, discretion, forgiveness, idea, intention, motive, thought, toleration), 性癖 (characteristic, disposition, idiosyncrasy), 偏向 (deflection, propensity, tendency), 傾斜 (bevel, dip, list, slant, slope), 傾向 (tendency, trend). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | したじ (aptitude, elementary knowledge of, first coat of plastering, foundation, grounding in, groundwork, prearrangement, signs, soy, spadework, symptoms), せいへき (characteristic, disposition, idiosyncrasy), かたむき (bent, bias, disposition, list, slope, tendency, trend), かたより (deviation, offset, polarization), いこう (authority, clothes rack, great deed, great effect, hereafter, idea, influence, intention, lingering odor of giver, on and after, perfume on the clothing, posthumous manuscripts, power, remains, switching over to, thereafter, to relax, to repose, to rest, transposition, works following the deceased), りょうけん (decision, design, discretion, forgiveness, gun dog, hound, hunting dog, idea, intention, motive, thought, toleration), けいしゃ (bevel, decanting, dip, list, poultry house, slant, slope), けいど (longitude, slight degree), けいかく (plan, program, project, schedule, scheme), けいこう (admiration, adoration, aroma, carrying, fame, fluorescence, fragrance, go right ahead, honor, love of virtue, mouth of a chicken, oral, perfume, reverence, tendency, trend), へんこう (alteration, change, deflection, modification, partiality, polarization, polarized light, propensity, tendency). (various references) | |
Korean | 성향 (Propensities, Propensity). (various references) | |
Manx | treeal (intend, journey, propose, purpose), mianagh (appetible, solicitous, wishful, wistful, yearning), lhiasraght (bias), faaney (batter, incline, rake, ski-run, slant), cleoyn (bent), cleayn (attraction, bent, enticement, inducement, lure, seduction). (various references) | |
Norwegian | tilbøyelighet (bent, leaning), helling. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | inclinationay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | inclinação (addiction, appetite, bent, bias, camber, canting, climbdown, declination, declivity, descent, dip, disposal, disposition, downhill, droop, falling, fellow feeling, fondness, lean, leaning, like, liking, list, lopsidedness, motion, partiality, penchant, proclivity, propensity, rake, ramp, recession, sag, slant, slope, stomach, tendency, tilt, tip, trend, vocation, will). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | inclinação. (various references) | |
Romanian | tendinţã (aptness, bearing, bent, departure, determination, disposition, drift, drive, endeavor, endeavour, hang, leaning, proclivity, run, strain, streak, striving, tendency, trend), simpatic (attractive, attractively, congenial, ingratiating, kindly, likable, lovely, nice, nicely, pleasant, pleasing, prepossessing, pretty, shine, sympathetic), povârniş (descent, dip, fall, glacis, ramp, scarp, slant, slope, steep), plecãciune (bow, nod, obeisance, reverence), pantã (acclivity, chute, cliff, declension, declivity, descent, dip, downhill, fall, glacis, gradient, hade, incline, ramp, slant, slope, splay, tilt, up), dispoziţie (arrangement, condition, disposal, disposition, fondness, humor, humour, injunction, mandate, mind, mood, nature, order, provision, service, step, stipulation, temper, trim, tune), aplicaţie (application, aptitude, panel, proficiency, talent, use), aplecare (bend, bending, cast, crouch, droop, leaning, stoop), afecţiune (affection, affections, attachment, dearness, disease, fondness, passions, sympathy, tenderness, trouble), înclinare (batter, bent, bias, cant, cast, declension, dip, fancy, hang, lean, leaning, liking, lurch, obliquity, pitching, slope, tilt), înclinaţie (addiction, aptness, disposition, grain, hade, incline, individuality, lean, leaning, mind, notion, partiality, penchant, ply, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, relish, set, squint, taste, tendency, turn, twist, vein, vocation). (various references) | |
Russian | отклонение (aberration, change, declension, deflection, departure, derivation, deviation, digression, divagation, divergence, divergency, diversion, error, excursion, lead, overshoot, rejection, run-away, variation). (various references) | |
Scottish | toil (desire, the will, will), riar (desire, pleasure, will), miann (desire, longing : is miann, will), fiaradh (obliquity, slanting : car am). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | inklinacija, sklonost (affinity, bent, bias, calling, fancy, fondness, leaning, liking, penchant, proclivity, propensity, taste, tendency), nagib (bank, bevel, bias, camber, cant, descent, escarp, grade, gradient, heel, incline, lean, list, offset, pitch, slant, slope, tilt, tip, weathering). (various references) | |
Spanish | inclinación (bent, bow, careenage, desire, dip, droop, gradient, incline, inclining, item, leaning, liking, list, mind, nod, nutation, penchant, pitch, propensity, skew, slant, slanting, slope, sloping, tilt, tilting, want), tentación (disposal, enticement, temptation, tendency). (various references) | |
Swedish | lutningsvinkel (angle of inclination), lust (appetite, desire, fancy, impulse, mind, pleasure, yen), inklination (angle of inclination), håg (mind, tendency), böjelse (addiction, bent, fancy, leaning, liking, propensity, tendency). (various references) | |
Turkish | meyil (affection, aptitude, bias, cant, declivity, gradient, gravitation, incline, lean, leaning, liking, obliquity, penchant, proclivity, proneness, propensity, slant, slope, talus, tendency, tide, tilt, trend), heves (alacrity, ambition, anxiety, Ardor, ardour, brio, cult, desire, eagerness, enthusiasm, fad, fancy, fit, freak, furor, furore, grace, itch, keenness, maggot, nine days' wonder, notion, relish, stomach, studiousness, whim, whimsey, whimsy, zeal), eğim açısı (angle of dip, angle of gradient, pitch angle), eğim (bevel, cant, declination, dip, elevation, fall, grade, gradient, incline, my better half, obliquity, pitch, slant, slope, tilt, tip), eğilme (bending, buckle, curvature, dip, droop, flexure, hunch, inflection, inflexion, lean, proneness, spring, stoop, tilt, tip), eğilim (affection, aptitude, bent, bias, current, device, disposition, drift, gravitation, leaning, liability, notion, obliquity, penchant, ply, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, pulse, relish, sense, set, slant, squint, tendency, tenor, tide, tilt, trend, turn, twist), eğiklik (obliqueness, rake, skew, slant), beğeni (acclaim, admiration, applause, credit, eclat, fancy, good taste, like, liking, regard, taste). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | величина відхилення, нахилення, нахил (bend, bent, cant, declination, droop, hang, incline, lurch, notion, obliqueness, obliquity, palate, ply, proclivity, propensity, slope, tilt, tip). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự cúi dốc, độ nghiêng (declination, lean, leant, tilt). (various references) | |
Welsh | tueddfryd (bent), tuedd (bent, bias, tendency), osgo (air, attitude, slant, slope), gogwyddiad, gogwydd (bent, bias, slant). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | conatus. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | talentum, tendentia. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "inclination": inclinational, inclinations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "inclination": disinclination. (additional references) | |
Words containing "inclination": disinclinations. (additional references) | |
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"Inclination" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: inclanation, incliation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "inclination" (pronounced i'nklunā"shun) |
| 10 | i' n k l u n ā" sh u n | disinclination. |
| 7 | -l u n ā" sh u n | desalination, explanation, pollination. |
| 6 | -u n ā" sh u n | fascination, abomination, alienation, antidiscrimination, assassination, combination, concatenation, contamination, coordination, coronation, culmination, decaffeination, decontamination, denomination, destination, determination, detonation, discrimination, dissemination, divination, domination, elimination, emanation, examination, extermination, germination, hallucination, hydrogenation, illumination, imagination, impersonation, incoordination, incrimination, indoctrination, insemination, insubordination, intonation, machination, nomination, nondiscrimination, ordination, origination, pagination, predestination, procrastination, profanation, recrimination, reexamination, rejuvenation, renomination, rumination, subordination, termination, transillumination, vaccination. |
| 5 | -n ā" sh u n | carnation, condemnation, consternation, damnation, designation, donation, hibernation, impregnation, incarnation, indignation, nation, reincarnation, resignation, stagnation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, falsification, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concentration, conciliation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, cultivation, dalmatian, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, disembarkation, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, documentation, domestication, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elongation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, harmonization, hesitation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hyperinflation, identification, illustration, imitation, immigration, immunization, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incorporation, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, organisation, organization, orientation, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procreation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, titillation, toleration, transformation, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | faction, fashion, fiction, fission, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, abduction, abolition, abortion, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-i-i-l-n-n-n-o-t" | |
-1 letter: noninitial. | |
-2 letters: ciliation, clintonia, inanition. | |
-3 letters: inaction. | |
-4 letters: actinon, anionic, antlion, cannoli, contain, initial, nicotin, nitinol. | |
-5 letters: action, alnico, anilin, anoint, atonic, cannon, cannot, canton, cation, catlin, citola, coital, incant, italic, latino, nation, niacin, oilcan, talion, tannic, tannin, tincal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-i-i-l-n-n-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: inclinations. | |
+2 letters: inclinational, nonpolitician. | |
+3 letters: disinclination, nonimplication, nonpoliticians. | |
+4 letters: cannibalization, disinclinations, nonimplications, noninsecticidal. | |
+5 letters: cannibalizations, noncannibalistic, nonsignificantly, uncongenialities. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Derived from 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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