home/glossary/Inclination

Inclination

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

(geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
?unassignedlast reviewed

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
angle of dipangle of inclinationdipdispositioninclination of an orbitincliningleanleaninglistmagnetic dipmagnetic inclinationtendencytilt
plural
Inclinations
possessive
Inclination's
pluralpossessive
Inclinations'