Definition of Inclines

1. Noun. (plural of incline) ¹

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Definition of Inclines

1. incline [v] - See also: incline

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inclines

inclination of pelvis
inclinational
inclinations
inclinatory
incline
incline bench press
inclined
inclined(p)
inclined fault
inclined grate
inclined plane
inclined planes
inclinedly
incliner
incliners
inclines (current term)
inclinest
inclineth
inclining
inclinings
inclinnation
inclinnometer
inclinometer
inclinometers
inclip
inclipped
inclipping
inclips
incloister
incloistered

Literary usage of Inclines

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Economic Theory of the Location of Railways: An Analysis of the by Arthur Mellen Wellington (1887)
"The notes beneath give various other and much greater inclines omitted from the list. ... Among the European inclines not included above are : St. Gothard. ..."

2. The Philosophical Works of David Hume by David Hume (1826)
"Notwithstanding this unlucky example, I will venture to examine an important question, to wit, Whether the British Government inclines more to absolute ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... race and inclines obliquely upwards in Mongols; in the latter case the lacrimal caruncle is generally not free, but is covered by a fold that inclines ..."

4. Course of the History of Modern Philosophy by Victor Cousin, Orlando Williams Wight (1853)
"Examination of three important theories which are found in the Essay on th& Human Understanding • 1st, Theory of Liberty: that it inclines to fatalism. ..."

5. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1893)
"Self-Acting inclines.—The several methods of working self-acting inclines on steeply-inclined seams by means of a counterbalance and a carriage on which the ..."

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