Cline
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Cline can refer to:
- Term meaning "gradual change" (from the Greek [klīnein], "to lean")
- In population genetics, a cline is a gradual change of a character or feature (phenotype) in a species over a geographical area.
- A "cultural cline" is a gradual change of a cultural characteristic or feature over a geographical area.
- A thermocline is a layer within a body of water where the temperature changes with depth.
- Meteorologically, in the atmosphere, a thermocline is a line of equal temperature, drawn along lines of latitude. The height of the line is higher towards the equator and lower towards the poles.
- In linguistics, the term cline refers to a list of words dealing with the same concept, arranged in order of intensity. For example a list could be made with words like "freezing", "cold", "cool", "tepid", "warm", "hot", and "scorching".
[edit] People
Of various etymology, primarily from German Klein, "small, insignificant".
- Country music star Patsy Cline
- Playboy Playmate Kristi Cline
- American screenwriter and director Edward F. Cline
- American geneticist Martin Cline
- Prominent American psychoanalyst Victor Cline
- American guitarist and composer Nels Cline
- American meteorologist Isaac Cline
- American currency trader and conman Russell Cline
- Canadian politician Eric Cline
- Sierra Leonean professor of developmental geography Reginald Cline-Cole
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