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cline

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So the best skin tone to have differs in different environments (hence the gradual cline in skin tones over the world).

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Quick take

Any graduated continuum.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of cline gathered in one view.

noun

Any graduated continuum.

noun

A surname.

noun

(systematics, evolution, biogeography) A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species, deme, or other systematic group.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cline.

noun

Any graduated continuum.

noun

A surname.

noun

(systematics, evolution, biogeography) A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species, deme, or other systematic group.

noun

(geometry, inversive geometry) A generalized circle.

Example sentences

1

So the best skin tone to have differs in different environments (hence the gradual cline in skin tones over the world).

2

I just realized that I had Patsy Cline playing in my head since I read that line.

3

Try listening to something like Patsy Cline or John Coltrane and then contrast it with something newer and heavily compressed, like White Zombie.

4

I like that they were playing Patsy Cline on the tape deck.

5

«Ready Player One», Ernest Cline -- Because all my friends read it and I've to.

6

Well, he describes the FQA as "an overly combative reply to Marshall Cline's fairly combative FAQ".

7

And it's coming right after "Armada" by Ernest Cline was released, which deals with aliens.

8

Occams Razor would suggest they are more likely to be staffers and the occasional Patsy Cline-loving MP, rather than cabinet policies being enacted.

9

I always referred to Marshall Cline's FAQ as my reference point, but pulling together Bjarne's and StackOverflows FAQ's is a great step.

10

Marshall Cline’s C++ FAQ is really great.

11

Until now, there have been several different overlapping FAQs, including notably: Bjarne Stroustrup’s FAQ pages Marshall Cline’s popular C++ FAQs Online at least three different StackOverflow C++ FAQs in some form....

12

[At least in the case of Marshall Cline's FAQ, I've always found it somewhat confusingly organized, although the actual content was pretty good once you managed to find what you were looking for.

Quote examples

1

Well, he describes the FQA as "an overly combative reply to Marshall Cline's fairly combative FAQ".

2

And it's coming right after "Armada" by Ernest Cline was released, which deals with aliens.

Proper noun examples

1

Occams Razor would suggest they are more likely to be staffers and the occasional Patsy Cline-loving MP, rather than cabinet policies being enacted.

2

I always referred to Marshall Cline's FAQ as my reference point, but pulling together Bjarne's and StackOverflows FAQ's is a great step.

3

Marshall Cline’s C++ FAQ is really great.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use cline in a sentence?

So the best skin tone to have differs in different environments (hence the gradual cline in skin tones over the world).

What does cline mean?

Any graduated continuum.

What part of speech is cline?

cline is commonly used as noun.