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clinally

clinally adverb: in the form of a gradation.

Adverb

clinally (not comparable)

  1. In the form of a gradation
    • Three inversions varied clinally from the upper Danube to the Iron Gate: IIL-13 increased from a frequency of 0.02–0.04 in the upper Danube to 0.94 in Romania, whereas IIL-14 and IIIL-4 decreased from 0.50 and higher to 0.00.2016 January 26, “Cryptic Biodiversity and the Origins of Pest Status Revealed in the Macrogenome of Simulium colombaschense (Diptera: Simuliidae), History’s Most Destructive Black Fly”, in PLOS ONE...

Origin of clinally

From clinal + -ly.

Questions about clinally

What does clinally mean?
Clinally means in the form of a gradation.
What part of speech is clinally?
Clinally is an adverb.

Words near clinally in the dictionary

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

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