Meaning of INCLINED
| Pronunciation: | | in'klInd
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- [adj] used especially of the head or upper back; "a bent head and sloping shoulders"
- [adj] at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; "an inclined plane"
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| | Synonyms: | | aslant, aslope, atilt, bent, bevel, beveled, bowed, cant, canted, diagonal, high-pitched, leaning, low-pitched, pitched, salient(ip), sidelong, skew, skewed, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping, tilted, tipped, unerect |
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| | Antonyms: | | horizontal, perpendicular, vertical | | |
| | See Also: | | gradual, oblique | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*clined"\, p. p. & a.
1. Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a
thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as,
a man inclined to virtue. ``Each pensively inclined.''
--Cowper.
2. (Math.) Making an angle with some line or plane; -- said
of a line or plane.
3. (Bot.) Bent out of a perpendicular position, or into a
curve with the convex side uppermost.
{Inclined plane}. (Mech.)
(a) A plane that makes an oblique angle with the plane of
the horizon; a sloping plane. When used to produce
pressure, or as a means of moving bodies, it is one of
the mechanical powers, so called.
(b) (Railroad & Canal) An inclined portion of track, on
which trains or boats are raised or lowered from one
level to another.
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| | Related Terms: | | aching for, acquiescent, actuated, agreeable, alacritous, amenable, animated, apt, apt to, ardent, aslant, aslope, atilt, bearing, bending, bent, bent on, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, calculated to, canting, careening, compliant, conducive to, consenting, content, cooperative, crazy to, declivate, declivitous, desirous of, disposed, disposed to, dispositioned, docile, dying for, dying to, eager, enthusiastic, fain, fain of, favorable, favorably disposed, favorably inclined, fond of, forward, game, given, given to, impelled, in the mind, in the mood, inclinational, inclinatory, inclined to, inclined toward, inclining, inclining toward, inner-directed, itching for, keen, keen on, leading to, leaning, leaning toward, liable, liable to, likely, likely to, listing, mad on, minded, minded to, motivated, moved, oblique, other-directed, out of plumb, out of square, partial to, pitched, pliant, predisposed, predisposed to, prompt, prompted, prone, prone to, quick, raking, ready, ready and willing, ready to, receptive, recumbent, responsive, set on, shelving, shelvy, sideling, sidelong, slant, slanted, slanting, slantways, slantwise, sloped, sloping, spoiling for, stimulated, tending, tending to, tilted, tilting, tipped, tipping, tipsy, tractable, well-disposed, well-inclined, wild to, willed, willing, willinghearted, zealous |
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