Cline
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /klaɪn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cline is a noun meaning (systematics, evolution, biogeography) A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species, deme, or other systematic group.
Meaning
(systematics, evolution, biogeography) A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species, deme, or other systematic group.
More Meanings
- Any graduated continuum.
- (geometry, inversive geometry) A generalized circle.
Example Sentences
This account effectively reconstructs the well-known grammaticalisation cline from anaphora to agreement, …
Let C₁ and C₂ be two nonintersecting clines. Prove that there is a unique pair of points that are simultaneously symmetric to both C₁ and C₂.
To visualize Möbius transformations, it is helpful to focus on fixed points and, in the case of two fixed points, on two families of clines with respect to these points.
Word Forms
- clines
Synonyms for cline
Depending on context, synonyms include circline.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include latitudinal, gradient, chronocline, rank, classis, class.
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