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clinal

/ˈklaɪnəl/

clinal adjective: pertaining to beds or rest.

Adjective (1)

clinal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to beds or rest.
    • ‘Strange,’ Enderby said. ‘Here we both are, in a clinal situation so to speak, a bed context I mean, the Greek word means to lean or repose I suppose, hence bed, hence clinic by the way, and this has nothing to do with my feverish imaginings.’1984, Anthony Burgess, Enderby's Dark Lady
  2. (physical) Describing a torsion angle between 30° and 150°

Adjective (2)

clinal (not comparable)

  1. 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.1994, Anders P Moller, Sexual Selection and the Barn Swallow, Oxford, published 2000, page 299

clinal meaning in Tamil

clinal in Tamil

சாய்வுற்ற

Origin of clinal

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

From cline + -al.

Words formed from clinal

Words that rhyme with clinal

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Questions about clinal

What does clinal mean?
Clinal means pertaining to beds or rest.
What is clinal in Tamil?
Clinal in Tamil is சாய்வுற்ற. See Clinal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is clinal?
Clinal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce clinal?
Clinal is pronounced /ˈklaɪnəl/.

Words near clinal in the dictionary

  1. Climpson
  2. Climpy
  3. clinacoside
  4. clinacosides
  5. clinafloxacin
  6. clinal
  7. clinality
  8. clinally
  9. clinamen
  10. clinamens
  11. clinamina

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clinal (page history and authors); clinal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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