\Rec`li*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]clinaison.]
1. The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being
   reclined.
2. (Dialing) The angle which the plane of the dial makes with
   a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line.
   --Brande & C.
3. (Surg.) The act or process of removing a cataract, by
   applying the needle to its anterior surface, and
   depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that
   front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and
   its back surface the lower one. --Dunglison.