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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dip \Dip\, n. 1. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid. ``The dip of oars in unison.'' --Glover. 2. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line slope; pitch. 3. A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. 4. A dipped candle. [Colloq.] --Marryat. {Dip of the horizon} (Astron.), the angular depression of the seen or visible horizon below the true or natural horizon; the angle at the eye of an observer between a horizontal line and a tangent drawn from the eye to the surface of the ocean. {Dip of the needle}, or {Magnetic dip}, the angle formed, in a vertical plane, by a freely suspended magnetic needle, or the line of magnetic force, with a horizontal line -- called also {inclination}. {Dip of a stratum} (Geol.), its greatest angle of inclination to the horizon, or that of a line perpendicular to its direction or strike; -- called also the {pitch}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inclination n 1: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" [syn: {disposition}, {tendency}] 2: (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees [syn: {inclination of an orbit}] 3: (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis) [syn: {angle of inclination}] 4: (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon [syn: {dip}, {angle of dip}, {magnetic dip}, {magnetic inclination}] 5: that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking; "her inclination is for classical music" [ant: {disinclination}] 6: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" [syn: {tilt}, {list}, {lean}, {leaning}] 7: a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect: "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink" [syn: {tendency}] 8: the act of inclining; bending forward; "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement" [syn: {inclining}]
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