cline
IPA: kɫˈaɪn
noun
- (systematics) A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species or other group.
- Any graduated continuum.
- (geometry, inversive geometry) A generalized circle.
- A surname.
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Examples of "cline" in Sentences
- I have a copy of Cline on order.
- Cline used a discount rate of 1.5%.
- Cline began modeling at the age of 14.
- Cline retired following the 1999 season.
- Population genetics population and cline.
- The nature of the clines or gradients vary.
- Cline describes this serial as just a quickie.
- Cline Mayo was the creator of the album artwork.
- Music: patsy cline - these boots are made for walking
- In linguistics, a cline is a scale of continuous gradation.
- In linguistics, a 'cline' is a scale of continuous gradation.
- If you think the answer to this puzzle is a cline, rather than a single choice, then try this:
- Best Billboard Hits of 1983 bobby lewis, del shannon, music 1961, patsy cline, roy orbison, Trivia
- I agreeand I see sex workers as often as possible. kimberlee cline, on January 20, 2010 at 8: 48 pm Said:
- As the fortunes of Wall Street and the City of London de cline, moneymen are look ing east for new bases.
- “Second tier and older P2P distribution protocols, like Ares, Gnutella and DirectConnect, continued to de cline in 2008 and account for close to 10% of infringement found during the year.”
- Hate to muddy the waters, Jenny, but apparently it's not meaningful to give average weights because there is a "cline" in size from Spitzbergen, where the bears are smallest, to the Bering Strait where they are largest.
- I speculate that, at least in the western half of Eurasia, Europe and Africa, there is a "cline" running from, say, Finland in the north to sub-Saharan Africa in the south, of decreasing personal tendency toward monogamousness.
- Van Lier uses this cline of consciousness to support his argument that engagement enhances learning, and that this implies a degree of heightened awareness: “If we want language learning to be a success, we must clearly ensure that receptivity and curiosity are maintained” (p. 48).