reclinationn.

Brit.

/ˌrɛklᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌrɛkləˈneɪʃən/

Forms: 1500s reclinacyon, 1500s– reclination.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin reclination-, reclinatio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin reclination-, reclinatio return (Vetus Latina), rest, repose (4th cent.), action of leaning back (4th or 5th cent. in Augustine) < classical Latin reclīnāt- , past participial stem of reclīnāre recline v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French reclination fondness or inclination which one has for something (14th cent.), French réclinaison (1752 in sense 2 with reference to sundials).

a. The action or practice of reclining; the posture or position of a reclining person or thing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [noun]

lairc893

lying?c1225

reclination1556

discubation1641

discumbing1641

decumbence1646

decumbency1646

discumbency1646

recubation1646

recumbency1646

discumbiture1655

discubiture1656

discumbence1656

decubation1664

decumbiture1670

recumbence1670

decubitus1879

1556 T. Hill tr. B. Cocles Brief Epitomye Phisiognomie sig. B.iiii The eyes that moue fast or slowe, or slowlye beholdyng but yet sharplye, with a reclinacyon of the fleashe of the eye lyddes: declare that man to be very maliciouse in many thynges.

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 19 (margin) How hapneth y^e inclination and reclination of the head.

1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 133 She lifted him up from the reclination on his side.

1659 T. Lushington Resurrection Rescued 65 It signifies rather the reclination or posture of one asleep, then the affection of sleep it self.

?1788 H. Lemoine Mod. Manhood i. 19 By this resisting reclination of the body, your blows will acquire an additional weight from the laws of gravity.

1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 249 Rest, reclination, general tonics..constitute the best plan of treatment.

1862 H. H. Bigg Mech. Appliances Necessary for Treatm. Deformities II. 170 Dr. Darwin is mentioned as having introduced the system of reclination for the amelioration of spinal curves.

1913 L. C. P. Ritchie tr. A. Lorenz & A. Saxl Orthopaedics in Med. Pract. v. 163 The term reclination of the spinal column embodies the idea of a backward curving of the spine as a whole.

2005 D. Caine & L. Nassar in Epidemiology Of Pediatric Sports Injuries 35 In the past, women's gymnastics focused on extreme reclination of the lumbar spine.

†b. The action of relying upon oneself. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1822 S. T. Coleridge Lett., Conversat., & Recoll. 25 Jan. II. 79 With unwrinkled confidence and inmost reclination.

2. The fact of sloping backwards from the vertical; the angle of this slope, relative to the vertical. Cf. recline v. 4.Esp. with reference to sundials, contrasted with inclination n. 8b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > used in dialling > [noun] > angle

inclination1585

reclination1585

1585 J. Blagrave Math. Iewel sig. ¶¶^v The angles of reclination, declination, elevation.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. vii. vi. 11 The Reclination is the distance of his Poles from the Zenith and Nadir of your place.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Reclination is easily found, by means of a Ruler and a Quadrant.

1797 Encycl. Brit. V. 788/1 It cannot be a gnomon..when the reclination is equal to the co-latitude.

a1825 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVII. 761/2 Provided the declination be less than 90°, or reclination be less than the colatitude of the plane, [etc.].

1973 A. E. Waugh Sundials xi. 101 Find the amount of reclination or inclination of the plane on which the dial is to be placed.

1994 R. N. Mayall & M. W. Mayall Sundials (ed. 3) v. 79 A reclining dial depends for its accuracy upon the care with which the angle of reclination is found.

†3. The action of drawing back; aversion. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > [noun]

despitec1400

eelist1552

antipathy1606

dislike1608

aversion1622

averseness1623

reclination1678

indisposition1702

allergy1916

1678 A. Behn Sir Patient Fancy v. i. 74 I saw with pleasure Sir, your reclination from my addresses.

4. Surgery. A form of couching for cataract (or, later, for dislocation of the lens) in which the lens is laid back into the vitreous with its anterior surface uppermost. Cf. depression n. 2c. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > [noun] > operations on the eye

couching1743

reclination1820

strabotomy1844

iridectomy1855

iridotomy1855

iridodesis1858

enucleation1867

peritomy1869

syndectomy1869

iridodialysis1876

sclerotomy1876

capsulotomy1877

needling1879

evisceration1883

cyclodialysis1908

vitrectomy1968

1820 B. Travers Synopsis Dis. Eye iii. iii. §1 The lens may be depressed vertically or horizontally. The term ‘reclination’ has been applied to the latter method.

1875 H. Walton Pract. Treat. Dis. Eye (ed. 3) 807 ‘Reclination’ disposes of the cataract by tilting it backwards.

1950 H. B. Stallard Eye Surg. (ed. 2) viii. 452 (caption) Reclination of a dislocated lens.

2000 Surv. Ophthalmol. 44 530/2 He could try to shift the lens out of the pupillary area by ‘couching’ it downward (practiced since ancient times), or by knocking it backward (‘reclination’).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reclination
释义	reclinationn. Brit. /ˌrɛklᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌrɛkləˈneɪʃən/ Forms: 1500s reclinacyon, 1500s– reclination. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin reclination-, reclinatio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin reclination-, reclinatio return (Vetus Latina), rest, repose (4th cent.), action of leaning back (4th or 5th cent. in Augustine) < classical Latin reclīnāt- , past participial stem of reclīnāre recline v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French reclination fondness or inclination which one has for something (14th cent.), French réclinaison (1752 in sense 2 with reference to sundials). 1. a. The action or practice of reclining; the posture or position of a reclining person or thing. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [noun] lairc893 lying?c1225 reclination1556 discubation1641 discumbing1641 decumbence1646 decumbency1646 discumbency1646 recubation1646 recumbency1646 discumbiture1655 discubiture1656 discumbence1656 decubation1664 decumbiture1670 recumbence1670 decubitus1879 1556 T. Hill tr. B. Cocles Brief Epitomye Phisiognomie sig. B.iiii The eyes that moue fast or slowe, or slowlye beholdyng but yet sharplye, with a reclinacyon of the fleashe of the eye lyddes: declare that man to be very maliciouse in many thynges. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 19 (margin) How hapneth y^e inclination and reclination of the head. 1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 133 She lifted him up from the reclination on his side. 1659 T. Lushington Resurrection Rescued 65 It signifies rather the reclination or posture of one asleep, then the affection of sleep it self. ?1788 H. Lemoine Mod. Manhood i. 19 By this resisting reclination of the body, your blows will acquire an additional weight from the laws of gravity. 1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 249 Rest, reclination, general tonics..constitute the best plan of treatment. 1862 H. H. Bigg Mech. Appliances Necessary for Treatm. Deformities II. 170 Dr. Darwin is mentioned as having introduced the system of reclination for the amelioration of spinal curves. 1913 L. C. P. Ritchie tr. A. Lorenz & A. Saxl Orthopaedics in Med. Pract. v. 163 The term reclination of the spinal column embodies the idea of a backward curving of the spine as a whole. 2005 D. Caine & L. Nassar in Epidemiology Of Pediatric Sports Injuries 35 In the past, women's gymnastics focused on extreme reclination of the lumbar spine. †b. The action of relying upon oneself. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1822 S. T. Coleridge Lett., Conversat., & Recoll. 25 Jan. II. 79 With unwrinkled confidence and inmost reclination. 2. The fact of sloping backwards from the vertical; the angle of this slope, relative to the vertical. Cf. recline v. 4.Esp. with reference to sundials, contrasted with inclination n. 8b. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > used in dialling > [noun] > angle inclination1585 reclination1585 1585 J. Blagrave Math. Iewel sig. ¶¶^v The angles of reclination, declination, elevation. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. vii. vi. 11 The Reclination is the distance of his Poles from the Zenith and Nadir of your place. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Reclination is easily found, by means of a Ruler and a Quadrant. 1797 Encycl. Brit. V. 788/1 It cannot be a gnomon..when the reclination is equal to the co-latitude. a1825 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVII. 761/2 Provided the declination be less than 90°, or reclination be less than the colatitude of the plane, [etc.]. 1973 A. E. Waugh Sundials xi. 101 Find the amount of reclination or inclination of the plane on which the dial is to be placed. 1994 R. N. Mayall & M. W. Mayall Sundials (ed. 3) v. 79 A reclining dial depends for its accuracy upon the care with which the angle of reclination is found. †3. The action of drawing back; aversion. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > [noun] despitec1400 eelist1552 antipathy1606 dislike1608 aversion1622 averseness1623 reclination1678 indisposition1702 allergy1916 1678 A. Behn Sir Patient Fancy v. i. 74 I saw with pleasure Sir, your reclination from my addresses. 4. Surgery. A form of couching for cataract (or, later, for dislocation of the lens) in which the lens is laid back into the vitreous with its anterior surface uppermost. Cf. depression n. 2c. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > [noun] > operations on the eye couching1743 reclination1820 strabotomy1844 iridectomy1855 iridotomy1855 iridodesis1858 enucleation1867 peritomy1869 syndectomy1869 iridodialysis1876 sclerotomy1876 capsulotomy1877 needling1879 evisceration1883 cyclodialysis1908 vitrectomy1968 1820 B. Travers Synopsis Dis. Eye iii. iii. §1 The lens may be depressed vertically or horizontally. The term ‘reclination’ has been applied to the latter method. 1875 H. Walton Pract. Treat. Dis. Eye (ed. 3) 807 ‘Reclination’ disposes of the cataract by tilting it backwards. 1950 H. B. Stallard Eye Surg. (ed. 2) viii. 452 (caption) Reclination of a dislocated lens. 2000 Surv. Ophthalmol. 44 530/2 He could try to shift the lens out of the pupillary area by ‘couching’ it downward (practiced since ancient times), or by knocking it backward (‘reclination’). 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