1. • noun - an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
   • noun - (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees
   • noun - (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)
   • noun - (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
   • noun - that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
   • noun - the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
   • noun - a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
   • noun - the act of inclining
2. • The act of inclining or the state of being inclined; a bend or tilt: The inclination of the child’s head suggested sleep.
   • A deviation or the degree of deviation from the horizontal or vertical; a slant: the steep inclination of a roof.
   • An inclined surface; a slope.
   • A tendency toward a certain condition or character: the alkaline inclination of the local waters.
   • A characteristic disposition to do, prefer, or favor one thing rather than another; a propensity: “I shall indulge the inclination so natural in old men, to be talking of themselves” (Benjamin Franklin).

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