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Webster 1913 Edition
Reclination
Recˊli-na′tion
(rĕkˊlĭ-nā′shŭn)
, Noun.
[Cf. F.
réclinaison
.] 1.
The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.
2.
(Dialing)
The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line.
Brande & C.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Reclination
RECLINA'TION
,Noun.