† ˈclinatory Obs.
[f. L. type *clīnātōrium, f. clīnātus inclined: see -ory.]
An instrument for ascertaining the position of a line or plane with reference to its azimuth and altitude; a declinator.
| 1665 Moxon Tutor Astron. v. (1686) 139 The Clinatory is made of a square board. 1667 Phil. Trans. II. 436 A Circle divided into Degrees, put in a Square Box, after the ordinary manner of Clinatories. 1703 Moxon Mech. Exerc. 313 If your Plane either Recline or Incline, apply one of the sides of your Clinatory parallel to..the Plane. |