WordWeb Online

1. An attitude of mind especially one that favours one alternative over others
   "he had an inclination to give up too easily";
   - disposition, tendency
    
2. That toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
   "her inclination is for classical music"
    
3. The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
   "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right";
   - tilt, list, lean, leaning
    
4. A characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
   "the alkaline inclination of the local waters";
   - tendency
    
5. (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
    
6. (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
   - dip, angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination
    
7. (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees
   - inclination of an orbit
    
8. The act of inclining; bending forward
   "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement";
   - inclining

Derived forms: inclinations

Type of: angle, attitude, disposition, liking, mental attitude, motility, motion, move, movement, position, spatial relation

Antonym: disinclination

Encyclopedia: Inclination