procline1
/ˈprəʊklʌɪn/Palaeontology
adjective
Especially of an area of a brachiopod: = proclined.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Charles Schuchert (1858–1942). Irregularly from classical Latin prōclīnāre.
Procline2
/ˈprɒklʌɪn/Philosophy
adjective
= Proclian.
Origin
1960s. From Proclus, the name of a neo-Platonist philosopher + -ine.
procline3
/prə(ʊ)ˈklʌɪn/Dentistry
verb
1 [with object] To realign (a tooth) so that it is angled forwards.
2 [no object] Of a tooth: to become angled forward.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in American Journal Orthodontics. From classical Latin prōclīnāre to cause to lean forward, to incline from pro- + -clīnāre.