Inclined
Inclined , past participle and adjective
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.
2.
(Mathematics) Making an angle with some line or plane; -- said of a line or plane.
3.
(Botany) Bent out of a perpendicular position, or into a curve with the convex side uppermost.
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Inclined plane (Mechanics) , (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. An inclined portion of track, on which trains or boats are raised or lowered from one level to another.