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語源

From 中期英語 inclinacioun, inclinacyon, from Old French inclination and Latin inclīnātiō. Morphologically incline +‎ -ation.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA: /ˌɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɪn.kləˈneɪ.ʃən/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˌɪn.kləˈnæɪ.ʃən/
• 韻: -eɪʃən
• ハイフネーション: in‧cli‧na‧tion

名詞

inclination (countable and uncountable, plural inclinations)

1. A physical tilt or bend.

   The inclination of his head increased and he awoke with a start.

2. A slant or slope.

   The road up to the house had a steep inclination.

   • 1959 October, H. A. Vallance, “The Pembroke & Tenby Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 668:

     The gradients on the western part of the line are generally easy, although there is a rise at 1 in 55 before Manorbier, and a fall at the same inclination beyond that station.

3. A tendency.

   His inclination to drink escalated to alcoholism.

   • 1960 February, H. C. P. Smail, “New portrait of George Stephenson”, in Railway Magazine, page 93:

     It should be remembered, however, that [Sir Thomas] Lawrence, who was now in demand, was charging from eighty to a hundred guineas for even his smallest portraits, a sum which would have been far beyond the pocket or inclination of the canny North countryman [George Stephenson], who had little use for empty honours.

4. (geometry) The angle of intersection of a reference plane.

   The astronomer calculated the inclination of the equator or ecliptic of Earth and the orbital planes of each visible heavenly body.

   Artillery must take account of a weapon's precise inclination.

5. (obsolete) A person or thing loved or admired.
   • c. 1672-1679, William Temple, Memoirs

     you make will be a Discovery of your Inclinations

   • c. 1771, John Adams, speaking in a trial

     Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

同意語

• (slant or slope): incline, inclining, steepness
• (tendency): leaning, proclivity, propensity

派生語

関連する語

• inclinable
• incline
• inclined plane
• inclinometer

アナグラム

• anilinction