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† ˈclinatory Obs.
[f. L. type *clīnātōrium, f. clīnātus inclined: see -ory.]
An instrument for ascertaining the position of a line or plane with reference to its azimuth and altitude; a declinator.
1665Moxon Tutor Astron. v. (1686) 139 The Clinatory is made of a square board. 1667Phil. Trans. II. 436 A Circle divided into Degrees, put in a Square Box, after the ordinary manner of Clinatories. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 313 If your Plane either Recline or Incline, apply one of the sides of your Clinatory parallel to..the Plane. |