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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Reclination \Rec`li*na"tion\ (r[e^]k`l[i^]*n[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
[Cf. F. r['e]clinaison.]
1. The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being
reclined.
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2. (Dialing) The angle which the plane of the dial makes with
a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line.
--Brande & C.
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3. (Surg.) The act or process of removing a cataract, by
applying the needle to its anterior surface, and
depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that
the front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one
and its back surface the lower one. --Dunglison.
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