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tilt
(esp in medieval Europe)
a. a jousting contest
b. a thrust with a lance or pole delivered during a tournament
tilt [tilt]
(aerospace engineering)
The inclination of an aircraft, winged missile, or the like from the horizontal, measured by reference to the lateral axis or to the longitudinal axis.
(electromagnetism)
Angle which an antenna forms with the horizontal.
In radar, the angle between the axis of radiation in the vertical plane and a reference axis which is normally the horizontal.
(meteorology)
The inclination to the vertical of a significant feature of the circulation (or pressure) pattern or of the field of temperature or moisture; for example, troughs in the westerlies usually display a westward tilt with altitude in the lower and middle troposphere.
(optics)
The angle between the plane of a photograph from a downward-pointing camera and the horizontal plane.
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But the sparrow crept under the tilt of the cart, and pecked at the bung of one of the casks till she loosened it; and than all the wine ran out, without the carter seeing it.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
It seems impossible but that those gilt trucks which one had to tilt one's head back to see, now falling into the lower plane of vision, must perforce hit the very edge of the horizon.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
At a signal from the former the latter would step aside, the plank would tilt and the condemned man go down between two ties.
An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
 
 
 
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