Aclinic

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having no inclination.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Without inclination or dipping; -- said of the imaginary line near the earth's equator on which the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Without inclination or dipping.
  • Word Usage
    "However, one incident of nearly unimaginable violence for which Bush and Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld share immediate and direct responsibilityoccurred earlier today in Iraq when a US soldier opened fire on his comrades killing five of them as he waited in aclinic at Camp Liberty outside Baghdad."
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