INCLINATION OF AN ORBIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inclination of an orbit mean? 

• INCLINATION OF AN ORBIT (noun)
  The noun INCLINATION OF AN ORBIT has 1 sense:

1. (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees

  Familiarity information: INCLINATION OF AN ORBIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCLINATION OF AN ORBIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

inclination; inclination of an orbit

Hypernyms ("inclination of an orbit" is a kind of...):

angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)

Domain category:

astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)