inclination

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

in·cli·na·tion (ĭn'klə-nāʹshən)n.
1. The act of inclining or the state of being inclined; a bend or tilt:
The inclination of the child's head suggested sleep.
2.
a. A deviation or the degree of deviation from the horizontal or vertical; a slant:
the steep inclination of a roof.
b. An inclined surface; a slope.
3. A tendency toward a certain condition or character:
the alkaline inclination of the local waters.
4. A characteristic disposition to do, prefer, or favor one thing rather than another; a propensity: “I shall indulge the inclination so natural in old men, to be talking of themselves” (Benjamin Franklin). See Synonyms at tendency.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  inclining, tendency, tilt, list, lean, leaning, dip, angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, angle of inclination, inclination of an orbit, disposition