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Cline - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun cline

is a gradation in a character or phenotype within a species or other group.

As a proper noun Cline

is {{surname}.

cline

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species or other group.
  • Any graduated continuum.
  • * 2005 , Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson and Lutz Marten, The Dynamics of Language, an Introduction , p. 412
    • This account effectively reconstructs the well-known grammaticalisation cline from anaphora to agreement, …

    Derived terms

    * clinal

    Related terms

    * climate * clinic * lean

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    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.