cline

Meaning

Noun

A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species or other group.
Any graduated continuum.
A generalized circle.

Related

Similar words

circline, generalized circle

Origin

Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω. Introduced by English evolutionary biologist and eugenicist Julian Huxley in 1938 after British mycologist John Ramsbottom suggested the term.
From circle + line; compare circline.

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