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† de-inˈcline, v. Obs.
[f. de- I. 2 + incline v.]
(See quot.) Hence deinˈclined, deinˈclining, ppl. adjs.; deinˈcliner.
1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v. Dial, Secondary Dials, are all those drawn on the planes of other circles beside the horizon, prime vertical, equinoctial, and polar circles: or those, which either decline, incline, recline, or deincline..Deinclined Dials, are such as both decline and incline, or recline. Ibid., Deincliners or Deinclining Dials..Suppose..a plane to cut the prime vertical circle at an angle of 30 degrees, and the horizontal plane under an angle of 24 degrees..a dial, drawn on this plane, is called a deincliner. |