Category:Reclination

Rec`li*na"tion, n. Etym: [cf. F. réclinaison.]

1. The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.

2. (dialing)

Defn: the angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical Plane which it intersects in a horizontal line. Brande & c.

3. (surg.)

Defn: 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.