inclinationaladj.

1821 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. Dec. 395 As he persisted in writing for the stage, it was deemed wiser to patronize his inclinational than his professional exertions.

1887 Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 680 The ‘Instinct of Function’ he [sc. Fortlage] divides into sexual, inclinational (friendship, attachment, honor); and moral.

1920 Dial Apr. 421 Gordon Craig, so inclinational and unashamed—has carried the precept of being a good critic, to the last extreme.

1967 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 28 501 Albert speaks of natural law as an ‘inclining nature’ (inclinans natura). That inclinational or instinctual movement is the obligation attached to natural law.

2014 Jrnl. Value Inq. 48 9 Although passages..may be taken to suggest that moral action for Kant involves removing inclinational obstacles to dutiful action [etc.].

1873 Rep. 42nd Meeting Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1872 385 P [denotes] the sun's elliptic inequality of longitude, and Q the moon's elliptic and inclinational inequality of longitude.

1879 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. (new ed.) I: Pt. i. 397 There are two freedoms, one azimuthal, the other inclinational; the first neutral, the other unstable, when fly-wheel not rotating.

1916 Dental Rec. 36 104 If the prognathous position of the teeth is corrected by inclinational movement a good result would be obtained.

1978 Amer. Scientist Nov. 701/1 In turn, inclinational changes would cause changes in insolation (the amount of radiation received from the sun) that would vary according to latitude.

2015 A. Albaba et al. in W. Wu Recent Adv. Modeling Landslides 99 A sample having 44 cm in length, 15 cm in height and 40° inclinational angle.