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单词 reclination
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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.
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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 ye 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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) 807Reclination’ 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).
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