INCLINATION OF AN ORBIT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

inclination; inclination of an orbit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

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)