inclination
倾斜度,倾向性,倾角,倾向
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Definitions
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- : a disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; a liking or preference: Much against his inclination, he was forced to resign.
- : something to which one is inclined: In sports his inclination is tennis.
- : the act of inclining; state of being inclined.
- : a tendency toward a certain condition, action, etc.: the door's inclination to stick.
- : deviation or amount of deviation from a normal, especially horizontal or vertical, direction or position.
- : an inclined surface.
- : Geometry. the angle between two lines or two planes.the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line.
- : Astronomy. the angle between the orbital plane of a planet and another given plane, usually the ecliptic.the angle between the equatorial and orbital planes of a planet.
- : Magnetism. dip.
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Examples
Grading papers, family obligations and serious drinking left him without much inclination to write.
Your natural inclination is to look around and absorb the world, not start running and gunning.
The goal was to understand what prompts people to switch from a run to a walk or vice-versa, and determine whether our natural inclinations also correspond to the most efficient approach.
It also varies in its inclination, or the angle at which magnetic field lines intersect with the planet’s surface.
They drafted Jalen Hurts in the second round and have shown no inclination to significantly use him as a change-of-pace quarterback, which suggests they had some doubts about Wentz’s future back in April.
After all, almost everyone with the inclination to vote will show up at a polling place.
This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial.
The evil inclination is saying in this song, ‘I’m looked at as this bad guy, but you have power, you have control.
There is the inclination to respond this complaint on legal grounds.
“The inclination of the human heart is evil from youth,” the Yahwist explains.
The sailors were all in amazement, and asked me a thousand questions, which I had no inclination to answer.