clinal
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2CLINAL + NOUN
situation, variation
PREP.
in, in
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adj
Pertaining to beds or rest.
‘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.’
Describing a torsion angle between 30° and 150°
adj
Pertaining to a cline.
Clinal variation in the size of the secondary sexual character may be due to the effects of the Fisher or the handicap process.
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2‘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
WiktionaryClinal variation in the size of the secondary sexual character may be due to the effects of the Fisher or the handicap process.
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