CLINE


Meaning of CLINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈklīn ]

noun

Etymology: Greek klinein

Date: 1938

: a gradient of morphological or physiological change in a group of related organisms usually along a line of environmental or geographic transition

• clin·al ˈklī-n ə l adjective

• clin·al·ly -nə-lē adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.