clino-, clin-, -clinal, -cline, -clinic
(Greek: bed; slope, slant; to lean, leaning; an ecological term; in the sense of a slope or gradient)
monoclinic
northocline
A hybrid cline or one composed of interspecific hybrids.
patricliny
Inheritance of traits which are primarily from the father.
pericline
1. A variety of albite occurring in large, white opaque crystals.
2. A dome-shaped fold in sedimentary rock.
2. A dome-shaped fold in sedimentary rock.
recline
synclinal
syncline
thermocline
1. In geophysics, a layer in a body of water at which the rate of temperature decreases when depth is at a maximum; such as, a thin layer of water at the depth range of 300-800 meters in the tropical and subtropical basins, between the deep abyssal waters and the surface mixed layer.
2. A horizonal temphorizontal temperature discontinuity layer in a lake in which the temperature falls by at least 1°C per meter depth.
3. A boundary layer in the sea in which temperature changes sharply with depth.
2. A horizonal temphorizontal temperature discontinuity layer in a lake in which the temperature falls by at least 1°C per meter depth.
3. A boundary layer in the sea in which temperature changes sharply with depth.
topocline
A geocline extending over an unusually long distance.
