CLINE


Meaning of CLINE in English

cline /klaɪn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] technical

[ Date: 1900-2000 ; Language: Greek ; Origin: klinein 'to lead' ]

a series of very small differences in a group of things of the same kind SYN continuum

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