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noun
The act of leaning or reclining.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The angle made by the plane of a dial with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Removal of a cataract by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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History
Compare French réclinaison.
