reclination

Meaning

1. The act of leaning or reclining.
2. The angle made by the plane of a dial with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line.
3. 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.

Synonyms

recumbency

Etymology

Cognate with French: réclinaison

In summary

Compare French réclinaison.