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	inclination - Synonyms from Thesaurus.com
		air, angle, approach, belief, bent, bias, character, demeanor, disposition, head-set, inclination, leaning, mental state, mind-set, mindset, mindtrip, mood, notion, opinion, perspective, philosophy, position, posture, predilection, prejudice, proclivity, reaction, routine, say so*, sensibility, sentiment, set, slant, stance, stand, standing, standpoint, temper, temperament, twist, view
		bent, bigotry, disposition, favoritism, flash, head-set, illiberality, inclination, inclining, intolerance, leaning, mind trip, mind-set*, narrow-mindedness, one-sidedness, penchant, preconception, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, standpoint, tendency, tilt, turn, unfairness, viewpoint
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	Inclination - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In particular, the inclination is one of the six orbital parameters describing the shape and orientation of a celestial orbit.
		an inclination of 180 degrees indicates a retrograde equatorial orbit.
		In particular, for the Earth, the obliquity of the ecliptic is the angle between the plane of the ecliptic and the equator.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Inclination (647 words)

	Orbital inclination change - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An important sublty of performing an inclination change is that Keplerian orbital inclination is defined by the angle between ecliptic North and the vector normal to the orbit plane, (i.e.
		This means that inclination is always positive and is entangled with other orbital elements primarily the argument of periapsis which is in turn connected to the longitude of the ascending node.
		For more complicated manuvers which may involve a combination of change in inclination and orbital radius, the amount of delta v is the vector difference between the velocity vectors of the initial orbit and the desired orbit at the transfer point.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orbital_inclination_change (377 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Inclination
		Inclination is one of the six orbital parameters describing the shape and orientation of a celestial orbit.
		In the solar system, the inclination (i in figures 1 and 2, below) of the orbit of a planet is defined as the angle between the plane of the orbit of the planet, and the ecliptic, which is the orbit of Earth.
		The inclination of distant objects, such as a binary star, is defined as the angle between the normal to the orbital plane and the direction to the observer, since no other reference is available.
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	Inclination (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Inclination is the measure of how much an orbit is inclined, or tilted, with respect to the equator.
		An inclination of 90 degrees would travel directly over the north and south poles and would be perpendicular to the equator.
		The most popular inclination for shuttle flights is 28.5 degrees but the shuttle often goes to 39 or even 57 degrees.
	liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov /academy/rocket_sci/orbmech/inclination.html (121 words)

	inclination
		Orbital inclination (i) is the angle between the orbital plane of an object and a reference plane that passes through the body being orbited.
		For binary stars, the inclination is specified relative to the plane of the sky.
		Axial inclination is the angle between a planet or moon's rotation axis and its orbit; in the case of a star, the reference plane is usually that of the celestial sphere.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/I/inclination.html (188 words)

	eccentricity is ruled out
		In Figures 3A, B, and C we plot i, the orbital inclination of the Earth, and Omega, the projection of the inclination vector on the ecliptic (the present plane of the Earth's orbit), taken from Quinn et al.
		The inclination i is the angle between this vector and the vector of the reference frame; Omega is the azimuthal angle = the angle of the ascending node (in astronomical jargon)..
		In contrast, the inclination of the Earth's orbit matches both the spectral and the bispectral fingerprints of the climate data, and accounts for the absence of the 400 kyr cycle (the stage-1 and stage-11 problems).
	muller.lbl.gov /papers/nature.html (5498 words)

	Simultaneous presence of Orbital Inclination and Eccentricity
		expected from inclination variations and are in serious conflict with the triplet peak (near periods of 95, 125, and 400 k.y.) expected from eccentricity.
		Although the spectra of eccentricity and inclination are quite different, they are remarkably easy to confuse for two reasons: First, it has become traditional to ignore the absence of the expected 400 k.y.
		O data is similar to that of orbital inclination, but is strikingly different from that of eccentricity; in particular, the spectral power in the vicinity of the frequency f = 0.01 cycles/k.y.
	muller.lbl.gov /papers/geology2.html (3652 words)

	Orbital Mechanics
		Inclination is the angular distance between a satellite's orbital plane and the equator of its primary (or the ecliptic plane in the case of heliocentric, or sun centered, orbits).
		An inclination of 90 degrees indicates a polar orbit.
		High inclination orbits are less able to take advantage of the initial speed provided by the Earth's rotation, thus the launch vehicle must provide a greater part, or all, of the energy required to attain orbital velocity.
	www.braeunig.us /space/orbmech.htm (6414 words)

	inclination on Encyclopedia.com
		INCLINATION [inclination] in astronomy, the angle of intersection between two planes, one of which is an orbital plane.
		Lumbar lordosis and pelvic inclination of asymptomatic adults.
		Predictors of young dating adults' inclination to engage in extradyadic sexual activities: a multi-perspective study.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/i1/inclinat.asp (397 words)

	Spectrum of 100-kyr glacial cycle: Orbital inclination, not eccentricity -- Muller and MacDonald 94 (16): 8329 -- ...
		The dominant peak in the spectrum of the inclination is at 0.01
		The inclination i is the angle between this vector and the vector
		The hypothesis that variations in inclination are responsible for the 100-kyr fluctuations cleanly solves three of the difficulties
	www.pnas.org /cgi/content/full/94/16/8329 (3597 words)

	Detecting Inclination Angle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		The light was then extinguished and the magnetic field changed to expose the hatchlings to a 30 degree inclination angle, found near the southern edge of the gyre.
		The hatchlings responded to the 30 degree inclination angle by swimming to the northeast.
		This response would seem to be particularly important at the 60 degree inclination angle, as it is experienced at the northern edge of the gyre.
	www.unc.edu /depts/oceanweb/turtles/mag3.html (321 words)

	Inclination - Definition of Inclination by Webster Dictionary
		The act of inclining, or state of being inclined; a leaning; as, an inclination of the head.
		A direction or tendency from the true vertical or horizontal direction; as, the inclination of a column, or of a road bed.
		(Geom.) The angle made by two lines or planes; as, the inclination of the plane of the earth's equator to the plane of the ecliptic is about 23° 28´; the inclination of two rays of light.
	www.webster-dictionary.net /definition/inclination (167 words)

	inclination. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
		The act of inclining or the state of being inclined; a bend or tilt: The inclination of the child's head suggested sleep.
		A deviation or the degree of deviation from the horizontal or vertical; a slant: the steep inclination of a roof.
		A tendency toward a certain condition or character: the alkaline inclination of the local waters.
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		That error is multiplied by the cosine of the inclination angle when viewed by the shooter, so that the aiming error after the aiming adjustment can be no more than about 3 inches at the slant range distance from the hunter to the animal.
		The 60o inclination angle is a worst case (among the four inclination angles considered) for the terminal velocity differences; the differences are smaller at any given range distance for lower inclination angles.
		In a hunting situation in mountainous terrain inclination angles larger that 30o are seldom encountered, but an angle as large as 45o might be encountered when hunting game such as mountain goats, mountain sheep, or mouflon in certain parts of the world.
	www.snipertools.com /article4.htm (4546 words)

	Keplerian Elements Tutorial
		Inclination is the angle between the orbital plane and the equatorial plane.
		By convention, inclination is a number between 0 and 180 degrees.
		Orbits with inclination near 90 degrees are called polar (because the satellite crosses over the north and south poles).
	www.amsat.org /amsat/keps/kepmodel.html (2793 words)

	Inclination - Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Inclination
		Inclination Abbreviation i., in the Solar System, the angle between an orbit and the plane of the Earth's orbit (ecliptic).
		Inclination As Integral Part of Modern Giant Slalom Technique by Greg Gurshman Carving clean GS turns has been the ultimate goal of racers and coaches alike for at list two decades
		inclination: INCLINATION [inclination] in astronomy, the angle of intersection between two planes, one of which is an orbital plane.
	inclination.searchedfor.com (227 words)

	"An Intrinsically Disordered Inclination" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		also “heterosexual persons.” That is to say, most people who engage, or have an inclination to engage, in homosexual activity also engage, or are more or less inclined to engage, in sexual activity with a person or persons of the opposite sex.
		inclination to choose a homosexual act – a sex act with a person of the same sex.
		Human fulfillment consists in the actualizing, in the lives of persons and their communities, those basic human goods towards which the first principles of practical reason – the very foundations of conscience -- direct us.
	www.catholicsocialscientists.org /Symposium2--Finnis--mss.htm (3467 words)

	Inclination Effects on Drag
		Because it is so hard to measure such flow conditions, engineers usually leave the plot blank beyond wing stall.
		Since the amount of drag generated at zero angle and the location of the stall point must usually be determined experimentally, aerodynamicists include the effects of inclination in the drag coefficient.
		There is another factor which affects the amount of drag produced by a finite wing.
	www.grc.nasa.gov /WWW/K-12/airplane/inclind.html (601 words)

	Pisa goes critical
		The inclination of the tower is increasing inexorably to a point where it is about to fall over.
		For most of this century the inclination of the Tower has been increasing by amounts measured in arc seconds (five arc seconds is equivalent to about 1.5mm movements at the top of the Tower).
		The Commission opted for a so called ‘very soft' solution aimed at reducing the inclination of the Tower by up to half a degree (which would not be visible) by means of induced subsidence beneath the north side of the foundation without touching the structure of the Tower.
	www.rod.beavon.clara.net /pisa.htm (3027 words)

	Binary Star Simulation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		A simplified derivation of the magnitude of the reflex motion of the star due to an orbiting planet can be found here.
		Allows you to set the masses, orbital separation, orbital eccentricity, the inclination angle to our line of sight, and the angle of the nodes of an orbiting star pair.
		The observed velocities of the two stars, and the Doppler shifted spectral lines (as seen against the combined continuum from the two stars) are also shown in the upper rightbox.
	instruct1.cit.cornell.edu /courses/astro101/java/binary/binary.htm (377 words)

	Oilfield Glossary: Term 'inclination'
		Inclination is measured initially with a pendulum mechanism, and confirmed with MWD accelerometers or gyroscopes.
		For most vertical wellbores, inclination is the only measurement of the path of the wellbore.
		For intentionally deviated wellbores, or wells close to legal boundaries, directional information is usually also measured.
	www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com /Display.cfm?Term=inclination (70 words)

	Inclination Effects on Lift and Drag
		There are several factors that affect the magnitude and the direction of the aerodynamic force.
		On this page we show the effects of inclination angle on the lift and drag.
		The graphic shows a side view of the flying kite with the aerodynamic lift shown by the blue vector, and the drag by the red vector.
	www.grc.nasa.gov /WWW/K-12/airplane/kiteincl.html (503 words)

	Inclination · Astrological definition of Inclination · Astrology Encyclopedia
		Inclination · Astrological definition of Inclination · Astrology Encyclopedia · March 21, 2006, 12:09 GMT
		A point in an orbit is reduced to the ecliptic by subtracting from the vector, the cosine of the declination.
		The inclination of the Moon's orbit to the ecliptic varies from 4°59' to 5°18'.
	www.astrologyweekly.com /dictionary/inclination.php (687 words)

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