cline · noun1
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκλῑ́νω“to lean, incline”
- English todaycline
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.
cline · noun2
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκλῑ́νω all →
clinohedrite
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