Associations to the word «Cline»

Wiktionary

CLINE, noun. (systematics) A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species or other group.
CLINE, noun. Any graduated continuum.
CLINE, proper noun. A surname​.

Dictionary definition

CLINE, noun. American geneticist who succeeded in transferring a functioning gene from one mouse to another (born in 1934).

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis