inclination

1. (countable, uncountable)A physical tilt or bend.

   The inclination of his head increased and he awoke with a start.

   Neigung

   накло́нnaklón, наклоне́ниеnaklonénije

2. (countable, uncountable)A slant or slope.

   The road up to the house had a steep inclination.

   Steigung

   скло́нsklón, накло́нnaklón, укло́нuklón

3. (countable, uncountable)A tendency.

   His inclination to drink escalated to alcoholism.

   Neigung

   скло́нностьsklónnostʹ, накло́нностьnaklónnostʹ, тенде́нцияtendéncija

   схи́льністьsxýlʹnistʹ

4. (countable, uncountable)The angle of intersection of a reference plane.

   The astronomer calculated the inclination of the equator or ecliptic of Earth and the orbital planes of each visible heavenly body.

   Artillery must take account of a weapon's precise inclination.

   накло́нnaklón

   (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon

5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A person or thing loved or admired.

   c. 1672-1679, William Temple, Memoirs you make will be a Discovery of your Inclinations

   c. 1771, John Adams, speaking in a trial Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

1. Chechens have inclinations towards independence.

   Чеченці мають схильність до незалежності.

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2. I don't have the time or the inclination.

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3. I don't have the time or the inclination to do that.

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4. Tom doesn't have the time or the inclination to do that.

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5. Tom says he doesn't have the time or the inclination to do that.

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