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chronocline

chronocline noun: a stratigraphic gradation that shows successive morphological changes in the members of a related group.

Noun

chronocline (plural chronoclines)

  1. A stratigraphic gradation that shows successive morphological changes in the members of a related group

Forms of chronocline

pluralchronoclines

Origin of chronocline

From chrono- + cline.

Questions about chronocline

What does chronocline mean?
Chronocline means a stratigraphic gradation that shows successive morphological changes in the members of a related group.
What part of speech is chronocline?
Chronocline is a noun.
What is the plural of chronocline?
The plural of chronocline is chronoclines.

Words near chronocline in the dictionary

  1. chronocinematography
  2. chronoclasm
  3. chronoclasms
  4. chronoclinal
  5. chronoclinally
  6. chronocline
  7. chronoclines
  8. chronocomparator
  9. chronocomparators
  10. chronocoordinate
  11. chronocoulometric

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