inclination of an orbit

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsinclination

   Broaderangle

   astronomy

Questions about inclination of an orbit

What does inclination of an orbit mean?

inclination of an orbit means "(astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees".

What is another word for inclination of an orbit?

Close synonyms include inclination. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is inclination of an orbit a common word?

inclination of an orbit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.