reclination Meaning, Definition & Usage

Rec`li*na"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. réclinaison.
Definitions
  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 front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one. Dunglison.

Webster 1913