Look up: Tilt

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   Tilt
   The vertical movement of a lantern.
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   Tilt
   The angle of the Earth's rotational axis from the plane of its orbit around the sun. Axial tilt varies from about 21.5 to 24.5°, with higher values favoring seasonality, thus ice sheet growth.
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   Tilt
   Rotation of a barcode symbol about an axis perpendicular to the substrate.
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   Tilt
   The adoption of a particular view on a sector by over-weighting a portfolio in the direction of that sector, (e.g. a portfolio with a high level of resource shares and low level of industrials would be described as having a resource tilt). Such a technique is commonly employed by index fund managers when clients indicate a desire for above-index returns.
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   Tilt
   A Large Format camera movement. Tilt the lens or film standard to increase or decrease the depth of field. (see Depth of field, Movements& Standard)
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   tilt
   [n] - a slight but noticeable partiality 2. [n] - the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical 3. [v] - charge with a tilt, as in a joust
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   tilt
   a) a condition caused by any departure of the camera axis (i.e. the direction in which the camera is pointing) from the vertical when the photograph is taken; b) also the angle of such departure; c) sometimes restricted to the component of this angle in the vertical plane perpendicular to the flight line Category: General
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   Tilt
   Definition (keystage 3) Something is tilted if it should be horizontal (or vertical) but it isn't.
   Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht
   
   
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   Tilt
   Tilt (tĭlt) noun [ Middle English telt (perhaps from the Danish), teld , Anglo-Saxon teld , ge teld ; akin to OD. telde , German zelt , Icelandic tjald , Swedish tält , tjäll , Danish telt , and Anglo-Saxon be teldan to cover.] 1. A covering overhead; especially, a tent. Denham. 2. The c ...
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    Tilt
    Tilt transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tilted ; present participle & verbal noun Tilting .] To cover with a tilt, or awning.
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    Tilt
    Tilt transitive verb [ Middle English tilten , tulten , to totter, fall, Anglo-Saxon tealt unstable, precarious; akin to tealtrian to totter, to vacillate, Dutch tel amble, ambling pace, German zelt , Icelandic tölt an ambling pace, tölta to amble. Confer Totter .] 1. To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging li ...
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    Tilt
    Tilt intransitive verb 1. To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances. « He tilts With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast.» Shak. « Swords out, an ...
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    Tilt
    Tilt noun 1. A thrust, as with a lance. Addison. 2. A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament. 3. See Tilt hammer , in the Vocabulary. 4. Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask. Full tilt , with full force. Dampier.
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    tilt
    1. To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances. 'He tilts With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast.' (Shak) 'Swords out, and tilting one ...
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    tilt
    list noun the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; `the tower had a pronounced tilt`; `the ship developed a list to starboard`; `he walked with a heavy inclination to the right`
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    tilt
    noun a slight but noticeable partiality; `the court`s tilt toward conservative rulings`
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    tilt
    to tip away from an upright position. a condition of being tilted. pelvic tilt an anteroposterior motion of the pelvis around an imaginary axis in the frontal plane.
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    Tilt
    • (n.) Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask. • (v. i.) To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances. • (n.) A covering o...
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    tilt
    
    1. a dispute where there is strong disagreement
    2. a slight but noticeable partiality
    3. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
    4. pitching dangerously to one side
    
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    Tilt
    A vertical camera move on an axis, up or down. Not to be used interchangeably with pan. It is not really correct to say “pan up” or “pan down,” when you really mean tilt
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    TILT
    The inclination to the vertical of a significant feature of the pressure pattern or of the field of moisture or temperature. For example, midlatitide troughs tend to display a westward tilt with altitude through the troposphere.
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    Tilt
    To play wildly or recklessly. A player is said to be 'on tilt' if he is not playing his best, playing too many hands, trying wild bluffs, raising with bad hands, etc.
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    tilt
    Going on tilt or tilting is when for one reason or another, you're not thinking straight. The most common reason for this to happen is that you've had a series of bad cards, or been the victim of a bad suckout. Your judgment gets clouded, and you begin playing cards that you should fold, for the wrong reasons.
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