incipience
- n beginning to exist or to be apparent
he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850
incipiency
- n beginning to exist or to be apparent
it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency
incision
- n a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- n the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
incisiveness
- n keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect
incisor
- n a tooth for cutting or gnawing; located in the front of the mouth in both jaws
incitation
- n something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
- n an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
incitement
- n an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
the incitement of mutiny - n needed encouragement
- n something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
- n the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion
inclemency
- n weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
- n excessive sternness
inclusion body encephalitis
- n a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years
inclination
- n an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
he had an inclination to give up too easily - n (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees
- n (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)
- n (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
- n that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
her inclination is for classical music - n the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
he walked with a heavy inclination to the right - n a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
the alkaline inclination of the local waters - n the act of inclining; bending forward
an inclination of his head indicated his agreement
inclination of an orbit
- n (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees