clinal

See also: -clinal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklaɪnəl/
• Rhymes: -aɪnəl

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κλίνη (klínē, “bed”) +‎ -al.

Adjective

clinal (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to beds or rest.
   • 1984, Anthony Burgess, Enderby's Dark Lady:

     ‘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.’

2. (physical chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 30° and 150°

Etymology 2

From cline +‎ -al.

Adjective

clinal (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to a cline.
   • 1994, Anders P Moller, Sexual Selection and the Barn Swallow, Oxford, published 2000, page 299:

     Clinal variation in the size of the secondary sexual character may be due to the effects of the Fisher or the handicap process.

Derived terms

• aclinal
• clinally

 

Anagrams

• call in, call-in, callin', incall

Spanish

Adjective

clinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural clinales)

1. clinal