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Inclined

1. Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue. Each pensively inclined.

2. (Science: mathematics) Making an angle with some line or plane; said of a line or plane.

3. (Science: botany) bent out of a perpendicular position, or into a curve with the convex side uppermost. Inclined plane.

An inclined portion of track, on which trains or boats are raised or lowered from one level to another.