English Explanatory Dictionary

cline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species, deme, or other systematic group.
  2. Any graduated continuum.
noun
  1. A generalized circle.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/klaɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cline.wav

Word forms

cline clines

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, “to lean, incline”). Introduced by English evolutionary biologist and eugenicist Julian Huxley in 1938 after British mycologist John Ramsbottom suggested the term.

Synonyms

circline generalized circle

Related words

client climate climax clinic clivus lean

Derived words

chronocline clinal morphocline redoxcline Cline Town
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