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单词 incliner
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inclinern.

Brit. /ɪnˈklʌɪnə/, /ɪŋˈklʌɪnə/, U.S. /ᵻnˈklaɪnər/, /ɪŋˈklaɪnər/
Forms: see incline v. and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: incline v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < incline v. + -er suffix1. With sense 2 compare earlier recliner n. 3.
1.
a. Something that inclines (in various senses), or that causes something to incline. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun] > that which inclines
incliner1610
the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > used in dialling > [noun]
trigonal1593
incliner1610
plane1669
trigon1704
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > one who tends
leanera1536
incliner1610
1610 W. Sclater Threefold Preseruatiue sig. D4 v Another kind of Apostasie, which we call partiall, a fearfull incliner to this irrecouerable condition.
1802 Repertory Arts & Manuf. 16 225 In order the more easily to give the necessary inclination or turning to these thin oblong pieces of wood or metal, (which, seeing they act by their inclined positions, shall be called incliners,) place a piece of wood or metal..in the frame.
2010 H. P. Willmott & M. B. Barrett Clausewitz Reconsidered ii. 20 After 1763 they [sc. the guns] came complete with new carriages, caissons, and harnesses and with new sights and incliners.
b. spec. In a sundial or similar instrument: a plane positioned so as to incline forwards toward the observer; an inclining dial. Now rare.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > sundial > parts of
pinOE
gnomon1546
style1577
cock1585
hour-line1593
substyle1593
index1594
noon-line1596
incliner1638
substylara1652
substylar linea1652
staff1669
nodus1678
node1704
stylus1796
noon-mark1842
sun line1877
1638 S. Foster Art of Dialling 23 Because this plaine is an East-incliner, the face of it looketh toward the West.
1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus f. 701 If the Plain pass between the Horizon and the Pole, the North Pole; and on the Incliners opposite to them, the South Pole must be elevated.
1703 Moxon's Mech. Dyalling (ed. 4) in Moxon's Mech. Exercises (new ed.) 331 If your Plane be an East Incliner, or a West Recliner.
1854 W. Watson Dialling Diagrams (ed. 2) 7 Other kinds of dials may be made, called incliners and recliners, for places which are neither parallel nor perpendicular to the horizon.
1973 A. E. Waugh Sundials xi. 101 Neither type of dial is common, although for obvious reasons recliners are more common than incliners.
2. A chair or sofa on which the seat can be moved forward and tilted upward so as to allow a person to recline without the backrest having to project any further backwards than when in the upright position. Cf. recliner n. 3. Also more fully incliner chair, incliner sofa, etc.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > chair for reclining in
sleeping-chair1675
reclining chair1827
lounging-chair1841
reclining seat1857
lazy-back-chair1887
recliner1892
lounge-chair1902
power seat1952
incliner1978
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > sofa or couch > [noun] > other sofas or couches
bed-loft1606
Persian bed1654
divana1701
bergère1762
stibadium1840
deacon-seat1851
tuxedo sofa1895
Davenport1897
Chesterfield1900
Madame Récamier1923
Récamier1923
contour couch1952
incliner1978
1978 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 25 Apr. 3 a (advt.) Incliner sofa, incliner loveseat, and incliner chair.
1990 N. Y. Mag. 5 Feb. 88/2 Leather sectional sofa with queen-size bed and incliner, mfr's sugg. list $5,400, here $2,775.
2006 Yachting Oct. 82 The saloon is wide open. Furnishings include an Ultraleather sofa with incliner.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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