CLINAL

Meaning of CLINAL in English

Function: adjective combining form

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek klinein to lean ― more at LEAN

: sloping <syn clinal >

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CLINAL — adjective see: cline
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
-CLINAL — adjective combining form see: lean sloping
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
-CLINAL — |klīn ə l adjective combining form or noun combining form Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary -clin- (from Greek -klinēs leaning, from …
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CLINAL — ˈklīn ə l adjective Etymology: cline + -al : of or relating to a cline • cli·nal·ly -n ə lē …
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CLINAL — see cline
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-CLINAL — Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek klinein to lean — more at lean : sloping syn clinal
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-CLINAL — [-clinal] adj comb form [ISV, fr. Gk klinein to lean--more at lean]: sloping "isoclinal"
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CLINE — noun Etymology: Greek klinein Date: 1938 a gradient of morphological or physiological change in a group of related organisms usually …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
-CLINE — noun combining form Etymology: back-formation from -clinal slope
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CLINALLY — adverb see clinal
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MONOCLINAL — I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at mono- +|klīn ə l adjective Etymology: mon- + -clinal : of or relating to a monocline : …
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ISOCLINAL — I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at iso- +|klīn ə l adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary is- + -clinal : relating to, having, or …
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PLAGIOCLINAL — |plājēō|klīn ə l adjective Etymology: plagi- + -clinal : oblique to the general strike of rocks in the surrounding area
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PATROCLINAL — |pa.trə|klīn ə l adjective or pat·ro·clin·ic -linik ; also pat·ri·cli·nal -līn ə l ; or pat·ri·clin·ic -linik Etymology: patr- + …
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PATR- — combining form or patri- or patro- Etymology: patr- partly from Latin, from patr-, pater; partly from Greek, from patr-, patēr; …
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MERICLINAL — |merə|klīn ə l adjective or mer·i·cli·nous -nəs Etymology: meri- + -clinal, -clinous of a plant chimera : incompletely periclinal : …
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MATROCLINAL — |ma.trō|klīn ə l, |mā.- adjective Etymology: matr- + -clinal : matroclinous
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DIACLINAL — |dīə|klīn ə l adjective Etymology: dia- + -clinal geology : crossing a fold a diaclinal river
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-CLINE — ˌklīn noun combining form ( -s ) Etymology: back-formation from -clinal 1. : slope anti cline 2. : gradient : …
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CENTROCLINAL — -|klīn ə l adjective Etymology: centr- + -clinal of geologic strata : dipping toward a common point or center — …
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CATACLINAL — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|klīn ə l adjective Etymology: cata- + -clinal : descending in the same direction as that of the dip of …
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ANACLINAL — |anə|klīn ə l adjective Etymology: ana- + -clinal : descending in a direction opposite to that of the dip of …
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ACLINAL — (ˈ)ā|klīn ə l adjective Etymology: a- (II) + -clinal : having no inclination : horizontal
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ISOCLINAL — /uy'seuh kluyn"l, uy'soh-/ , adj. 1. of or pertaining to equal direction of inclination; inclining or dipping in the same …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLINE — — clinal , adj. — clinally , adv. /kluyn/ , n. 1. Biol. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited …
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SYN- — or sym- Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, from syn with, together with 1. : with : along with : together …
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-CLINE — Etymology: back-formation from -clinal : slope mono cline
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ANTI- — ˌan-ti before consonsants prefix or ant- or anth- Etymology: anti- from Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin, …
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CLINE — [ klʌɪn ] ■ noun a continuum with an infinite number of gradations from one extreme to the other. ↘ …
Concise Oxford English vocab
-CLINE — [-cline] n comb form [back-formation fr. -clinal]: slope "monocline"
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CLINE — n. Biol. the graded sequence of differences within a species etc. clinal adj. [ Gk klino to slope ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLINE — n. Biol. the graded sequence of differences within a species etc. Derivatives: clinal adj. Etymology: Gk klino to slope
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