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cline
1[ klahyn ]
noun
- Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Linguistics. (in systemic linguistics) a scale of continuous gradation; continuum.
Cline
2[ klahyn ]
noun
- Patsy Virginia Patterson Hensley, 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
-cline
1combining form
- indicating a slope
anticline
cline
2/ ɪ /
noun
- a continuous variation in form between members of a species having a wide variable geographical or ecological range
Cline
3/ ɪ /
noun
- ClinePatsy19321963FUSMUSIC: country singer Patsy , original name Virginia Patterson Hensley . 1932–63, US country singer; her bestselling records include "Walking After Midnight", "I Fall to Pieces", and "Leavin' On Your Mind"
cline
/ ī /
- A gradual change in an inherited characteristic across the geographic range of a species, usually correlated with an environmental transition such as altitude, temperature, or moisture. For example, the body size in a species of warm-blooded animals tends to be larger in cooler climates (a latitudinal cline), while the flowering time of a plant may tend to be later at higher altitudes (an altitudinal cline). In species in which the gene flow between adjacent populations is high, the cline is typically smooth, whereas in populations with restricted gene flow the cline usually occurs as a series of relatively abrupt changes from one group to the next.
Derived Forms
- -clinal, combining_form:in_adjective
- ˈԲ, adjective
- ˈԲly, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- a adjective
- a·ly adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cline1
Origin of cline2
Example Sentences
Residents living south of Limonite Avenue between Van Buren Boulevard and Beach Street are warned to shelter in place and prepare for potential evacuation, said Maggie Cline De La Rosa, a spokesperson for the county Fire Department.
Cline De La Rosa said this is the general address used to report fires in the riverbed but does not mean they are in the exact same location.
Conroy’s family had evacuated, as did the girlfriend of USC’s director of basketball ops, Caleb Cline.
Souza, who attended the premiere with Cline who replaced Hutchins as the film’s cinematographer, refused several requests to complete the film after the tragic shooting, saying he "couldn’t even conceive of ever being back on the set ever again because it just hurt too much".
Both he and Cline acknowledged that many in the industry were uncomfortable with his decision.
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