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-clinal

-clinal suffix: having a specified slope.

Suffix

-clinal

  1. having a specified slope

Origin of -clinal

From Ancient Greek κλίνω (klínō, “to lean”). Cognate with Latin clīnō.

Words formed from -clinal

Questions about -clinal

What does -clinal mean?
-clinal means having a specified slope.
What part of speech is -clinal?
-clinal is a suffix.

Words near -clinal in the dictionary

  1. -clast
  2. -clastic
  3. -cleisis
  4. -clidine
  5. -clidinium
  6. -clinal
  7. -cline
  8. -clinic
  9. -clofenac
  10. -cnemic
  11. -co

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