Definitions
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- n. The act of leaning or reclining.
- n. The angle made by the plane of a dial with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line.
- n. Removal of 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.
- n. The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line.
- n. 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 the front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of leaning or reclining; the state of reclining or being reclined.
- n. In dialing, the angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line.
- n. In surgery, one of the operations once used for the cure of cataract.
Etymologies
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Compare French réclinaison.
Examples
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Your rightful place is to serve me when I†™ m hungry, and to wear an unstained tie when you deliver it to me in my state of relaxed reclination.
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I saw with pleasure Sir, your reclination from my addresses, — I have prov'd both your Passions, and
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-- I saw with pleasure, Sir, your reclination from my Addresses.
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Reclination has four positions: upright, and three varying degrees of reclination.
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