cline
1 of 2noun
ˈklīn 
: a gradient of morphological or physiological change in a group of related organisms usually along a line of environmental or geographic transition
clinal
ˈklī-nᵊl
adjective clinally
ˈklī-nə-lē
adverb -cline
2 of 2noun combining form
: slope
monocline
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Greek klinein
Noun combining form
back-formation from -clinal
First Known Use
Noun
1938, in the meaning defined above
- stretch
- stretch (out)
- stretch a point
- stretch credulity
- stretch it
- stretch limo
- stretch limousine
- stretch marks
- stretch one's legs
- stretch out
- stretch receptor
- stretch runner
- stretch someone's patience
- stretch spinning
- stretch the rules
- stretch the truth
- stretch things
- stretch yarn
- stretch-out
- stretchabilities
- stretchability
- stretchable
- stretchabler
- stretchablest
- stretchberry