incliner

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noun

Someone or something that inclines, especially an inclined dial.

OriginEnglish incline ← Middle English enclinen ← Old French encliner →
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Meanings

nounincliner (plural incliners)

plural incliners

  1. Someone or something that inclines, especially an inclined dial.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱley-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱl̥néyti ~ *ḱl̥nyénti
  8. Proto-Italic*kl(e)inō
  9. Proto-Italic*klei- ~ *kli-influ.
  10. Latinclīnō
  11. Latininclīnāre
  12. Old Frenchencliner
  13. Middle Englishenclinen
  14. Englishincline
  15. Englishincliner

From incline + -er.

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APA

incliner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incliner

MLA

“incliner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incliner. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incliner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incliner.

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