‖ inclinatorium|ɪnklaɪnəˈtɔərɪəm| [mod.L. (cf.med.L. inclīnatōrium a couch); see next.] The inclination-compass or dipping-needle. 1849E. C. Otté, etc. tr.Humboldt's Cosmos I. 172 note, Hardly twenty years after Robert Norman had invented the inclinatorium.