Inclined
(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.
Incliner
(In*clin"er) n. One who, or that which, inclines; specifically, an inclined dial.
Inclining
(In*clin"ing), a. (Bot.) Same as Inclined, 3.
Inclining
(In*clin"ing), n.
1. Inclination; disposition.
On the first inclining towards sleep.
Burke. 2. Party or side chosen; a following.
Both you of my inclining, and the rest.
Shak. Inclinnometer
(In`clin*nom"e*ter) n. [Incline + -meter.] (Magnetism) An apparatus to determine the
inclination of the earth's magnetic force to the plane of the horizon; — called also inclination compass,
and dip circle.
Inclip
(In*clip") v. t. To clasp; to inclose.
Whate'er the ocean pales, or sky inclips.
Shak. Incloister
(In*clois"ter) v. t. [Pref. in- in + cloister: cf. F. encloîtrer. Cf. Encloister.] To confine as in
a cloister; to cloister. Lovelace.