单词 | inclinate |
释义 | inclinateadj. rare before 19th cent. 1. Sloping; inclined; oblique; bent. Cf. inclinated adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] embelifc1400 inclining?c1400 oblique?a1425 inclinate?1440 hieldingc1480 inclined?a1500 bias1551 overthwart1594 sidelong1598 squinty1598 skew1609 traverse1609 skewed1611 obliquous1614 squint1703 inclinated1751 slanting1768 slanted1770 slant1776 aslant1791 diagonal1796 rakish1830 slantindicular1832 slantwise1856 slaunchways1913 slanty1928 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. l. 920 (MED) They [sc. quince trees] loueth lond deuexe & inclinate. ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) iii. ii. sig. Q j v Whether the Pyramis be direct or inclinate. 1611 A. Hopton Speculum Topographicum xiii. 201 Also increase the third part of the bases area in the Pyramis altitude, so haue you the solide content, be the body direct or inclinate. 1812 J. Stokes Bot. Materia Medica I. 390 Nicotiana. Corolla infundibuliform; limb plaited. Stamina inclinate. 1832 C. Don Gen. Hist. Dichlamydeous Plants II. 324/2 Style bearded at the apex; legumes smooth, lanceolate-oblong, inclinate, a little ciliated, reticulated. 1979 Amer. Fern Jrnl. 69 54 No inclinate branchings have been found in this group. 2008 Flora Neotropica 108 148 Excipulum formed by inclinate layer of dark brown, parallel hyphae, externally covered by layer of colorless crystals. 2. Entomology. Of a bristle: inclined or bent, spec. towards the midline of the body. Cf. proclinate adj., reclinate adj. 2. ΚΠ 1906 J. B. Smith Explan. Terms Entomol. 66 Inclinate -us, leaning or inclining. 1913 Jrnl. N.Y. Entomol. Soc. 21 244 Front nearly square, the uppermost frontal bristle inclinate, the next two divergent, the lowermost two convergent. 1968 Bull. Entomol. Res. 57 526 Frons with 10–13..pairs of inclinate frontal setae. 2005 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 131 356 Orbital bristles 4 pairs, 3rd pair slightly shorter, 4th pair obviously inclinate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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