cline

cline
clinal, adj.clinally, adv.
/kluyn/, n.
1. Biol. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
2. Ling. (in systemic linguistics) a scale of continuous gradation; continuum.
[1935-40; < Gk klínein to LEAN1]

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