What is "reclination"

Reclination \Rec`li*na"tion\ (r[e^]k`l[i^]*n[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.

1. The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.

2. (Dialing) The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line.
   --Brande & C.

3. (Surg.) The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that the front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one.
   --Dunglison.

n. 1 The act of leaning or recline. 2 The angle made by the plane of a dial with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line. 3 (context surgery English) Removal of a cataract by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one.