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reclination

reclination noun: the act of leaning or reclining.

Noun

reclination (countable and uncountable, plural reclinations)

  1. The act of leaning or reclining.
  2. The angle made by the plane of a dial with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line.
  3. 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.

reclination meaning in Tamil

reclination in Tamil

சாய்மானம்

Forms of reclination

pluralreclinations

Origin of reclination

Compare French réclinaison.

Questions about reclination

What does reclination mean?
Reclination means the act of leaning or reclining.
What is reclination in Tamil?
Reclination in Tamil is சாய்மானம். See Reclination meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is reclination?
Reclination is a noun.
What is the plural of reclination?
The plural of reclination is reclinations.

Words near reclination in the dictionary

  1. reclimbs
  2. reclinable
  3. reclinant
  4. reclinate
  5. reclinated
  6. reclination
  7. reclinations
  8. recline
  9. reclineable
  10. reclined
  11. reclinedst

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reclination (page history and authors); reclination (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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