clinal

Definitions

adj

1

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.’

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Describing a torsion angle between 30° and 150°

adj

1

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.

Collocations

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CLINAL + NOUN

situation, variation

PREP.

in, in

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‘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

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