Clinal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈklaɪnəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Clinal is an adjective meaning Pertaining to beds or rest.
Meaning
Pertaining to beds or rest.
More Meanings
- (physical chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 30° and 150°
- Pertaining to a cline.
Example Sentences
Clinal variation in the size of the secondary sexual character may be due to the effects of the Fisher or the handicap process.
‘Strange,’ Enderby said. ‘Here we both are, in a clinal situation so to speak, a bed context I mean, the Greek word means to lean or repose I suppose, hence bed, hence clinic by the way, and this has nothing to do with my feverish imaginings.’
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include clinical, chronoclinal, cladal, clinostatic, sleptonic, classemic.
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