Inclination
With inclination (from latin inclinare , (back) tend ',' tilt ') is defined as:
- in astronomy and space travel the angle between the orbital plane of a celestial body and a reference plane, see orbital inclination
- in geophysics the angle of inclination of the earth's magnetic field to the horizontal, see inclination (magnetism)
- in geology the angle of inclination of a rock layer or formation to the horizontal, see falling
- in dentistry the angle of inclination of a tooth to the plane formed by the lower jaw
- in medicine leaning forward z. B. of the head, see inclination (medicine)
- in architecture a slight inward inclination of columns and walls, see inclination (architecture)
- in epistemology, an objective interpretation of probability, which is particularly used in quantum theory, see propensity
- in mathematics also the slope of a function, for example
- the inclined orbit for satellites