inclination
in.cli.na.tion \.in-kl*-'na--sh*n, .in-\ \-shn*l, -sh*n-*l\ n 1: an act or
the action of bending or inclining : as 1a: BOW, NOD 1b: a tilting of
something obs 2a: natural disposition : CHARACTER 2b: PROPENSITY, BENT;
esp : LIKING 3a: a deviation from the true vertical or horizontal : SLANT;
al so : the degree of such deviation 3b: an inclined surface : SLOPE 3c1:
the angle determined by two lines or planes 3c2: the angle made by a line
with the x-axis measured counterclockwise fro m the positive direction of
that axis 4: a tendency to a particular aspect, state, character, or action
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