Clinamen (ən; plural clinamina, derived from clīnāre, to incline) is the Latin name Lucretius gave to the unpredictable swerve of atoms, in order to defend the atomistic doctrine of Epicurus. According to Lucretius, the unpredictable swerve occurs `at no fixed place or time`: When atoms move straight down through the void by their own weight,.....
inclination; bias; prejudice