cline
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[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek κλίνειν (klínein, “to lean, incline”) (from which also climate), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (English lean).
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- IPA: /klaɪn/
[edit] Noun
cline (plural clines)
- (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, …
- 2005, Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson and Lutz Marten, The Dynamics of Language, an Introduction, p. 412
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[edit] External links
- cline at OneLook Dictionary Search
