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acclinate

acclinate adjective: having an upward slope.

Adjective

acclinate (not comparable)

  1. Having an upward slope.
    • Profile of bill oval; of upper mandible narrowly oval; culmen gently convex, declinate, tomial edge more convex, acclinate, meeting at an obtuse tip;1903, Elliott Coues, Key to North American birds, page 1069
    • However, surface I9 is interrupted by an acclinate Y cam surface 2 extending the length of the knife and into the path of the slug travel approximately .005, after which the normal clearance angle is resumed.1954 August 10, Herman E-. Freund, “US 2685959 A: Slug-trimming knife fob line casting”, in U.S. Patents

Questions about acclinate

What does acclinate mean?
Acclinate means having an upward slope.
What part of speech is acclinate?
Acclinate is an adjective.

Words near acclinate in the dictionary

  1. acclimatizing
  2. acclimator
  3. acclimators
  4. acclimatory
  5. acclimature
  6. acclinate
  7. acclivated
  8. acclive
  9. acclivities
  10. acclivitous
  11. acclivity

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