inclination

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: in‧cli‧na‧tion

Noun

inclination (countable and uncountable, plural inclinations)

1. A physical tilt or bend.

   The inclination of his head increased and he awoke with a start.

2. A slant or slope.

   The road up to the house had a steep inclination.

4. A tendency.

   His inclination to drink escalated to alcoholism.

5. (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.

6. (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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• inclinational

Related terms

• inclinable
• incline
• inclined plane
• inclinometer

Translations

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) (probnota) 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, tendenco 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) (qīngjiǎo) 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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French: (please verify) inclinaison (fr) f, (please verify) tendance (fr) Spanish: (please verify) inclinación (es) f

Anagrams

• anilinction

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inclīnātiōnem. See also inclinaison.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.kli.na.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

inclination f (plural inclinations)

1. inclination (all senses)

Related terms

• enclin
• incliner

Further reading

• “inclination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.