Associations to the word «Cline»

Wiktionary

CLINE, noun. (systematics) A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species or other group.
CLINE, noun. Any graduated continuum.
CLINE, proper noun. A surname​.

Dictionary definition

CLINE, noun. American geneticist who succeeded in transferring a functioning gene from one mouse to another (born in 1934).

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.