inclined : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a simple machine for elevating objects; consists of plane surface that makes an acute angle with the horizontal
  

WordNet

• . (Mech.) (a) A plane that makes an oblique angle with the plane of the horizon; a sloping plane. When used to produce pressure, or as a means of moving bodies, it is one of the mechanical powers, so called. (b) (Railroad & Canal) An inclined portion of track, on which trains or boats are raised or lowered from one level to another.

Webster 1913