tilt

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Editorial note

Hats off to scambaiters who do their best to tilt the ratio back.

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Quick take

a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tilt gathered in one view.

noun

a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances

noun

a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"

noun

a slight but noticeable partiality; "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tilt.

noun

a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances

noun

a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"

noun

a slight but noticeable partiality; "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings"

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"

See also: list, inclination, lean, leaning

noun

pitching dangerously to one side

verb

to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"

verb

heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"

verb

move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"

verb

charge with a tilt

Example sentences

Hats off to scambaiters who do their best to tilt the ratio back.

""Today, when people have trouble seeing ports, they tilt the machine to give it more light.

"My advice is to attempt startups in the center of a confluence of macrotrends; that will tilt the odds more in your favor.

Now it looks so corporate and planned...... and I actually laughed when I read "Our last move was to tilt the exclamation point by 9 degrees, just to add a bit of whimsy".

Finger covering up the screen now!The idea behind this phone is simple: All browsing of information is done by tilting the screen, leaving the display completely unobstructed... sure, other phones have tried to do this before.

It's not a responsiveness or tracking issue, it's that interacting with screens at oblique angles is annoying and many times tilt/rotation interactions require pretty large arm movements compared to finger movements, limiting when and where they're useful.

I firmly believe that the novice-friendly software is like giving people several sets of supporting wheels so they won't tilt, but could get moving right away, and then never taking them off, preferring that they keep using them and moving so slowly that they always need them.

And for those that notice but are too shy to kick up a fuss, there is always more subtle signalling that can be used: tilt your body away from the aggressor, go quiet and start a conversation with somebody outside the group - disinterest, and "awkwardness" can be powerful.

I'm incapable of playing something like this without laying out some strategic principles:When launching, hover the bird at the edge of the atmosphere for a few clicks, to give it time to tilt into horizontal orientation, so your thrust can affect the orbital parameters.

"Sounds pretty positive and makes it look like only a totally irrational person would oppose it...Last paragraph: "A good agreement would lower duties and trade barriers on most products and services, strengthen labor and environmental protections, limit the ability of governments to tilt the playing field in favor of state-owned firms and balance the interests of consumers and creators of intellectual property.