clinal

adj
/ˈklaɪnəl/

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to beds or rest.

  2. Describing a torsion angle between 30° and 150°

  3. 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA