clinally

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adverb

In the form of a gradation.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adverbclinally (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn the form of a gradation.

    Three inversions varied clinally from the upper Danube to the Iron Gate: IIL-13 increased from a frequency of 0.02–0.04 in the upper Danube to 0.94 in Romania, whereas IIL-14 and IIIL-4 decreased from 0.50 and higher to 0.00.

    2016 January 26, “Cryptic Biodiversity and the Origins of Pest Status Revealed in the Macrogenome of Simulium colombaschense (Diptera: Simuliidae), History’s Most Destructive Black Fly”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

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APA

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MLA

“clinally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clinally. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clinally,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clinally.

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