Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a simple machine for elevating objects;
consists of plane surface that makes an acute angle with the horizontal;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inclined \In*clined"\, p. p. & a.
1. Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a
thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as,
a man inclined to virtue. "Each pensively inclined."
--Cowper.
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2. (Math.) Making an angle with some line or plane; -- said
of a line or plane.
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3. (Bot.) Bent out of a perpendicular position, or into a
curve with the convex side uppermost.
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Inclined plane. (Mech.)
(a) A plane that makes an oblique angle with the plane of
the horizon; a sloping plane. When used to produce
pressure, or as a means of moving bodies, it is one of
the mechanical powers, so called.
(b) (Railroad & Canal) An inclined portion of track, on
which trains or boats are raised or lowered from one
level to another.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inclined plane
n 1: a simple machine for elevating objects; consists of plane
surface that makes an acute angle with the horizontal