2. Adjective. (chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 30° and 150° ¹
3. Adjective. Pertaining to a cline. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clinal
1. pertaining to a cline [adj] - See also: cline
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clinal
Literary usage of Clinal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"Is it an anti-clinal formation ? Thirdly. Are there any known bituminous beds
... North and South Downs are simply the outliers of an enormous anti-clinal. ..."
2. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"In clinal wall below), in which are shown two this cell an apical cell with
segments (the third behind) cut off by the ..."
3. Molecular Markers in Plant Genome Analysis: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"clinal variation was evident for three "random amplified polymorphic DNA" loci
... Similar clinal variation was also discovered for a transect that included ..."
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