"-cline" meaning in English

See -cline in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: Back-formation of -clinal. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱley-|id=incline}}, {{back-form|en|-clinal}} Back-formation of -clinal Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -cline, {{en-suffix}} -cline
  1. A specified form of slope or gradation. Tags: morpheme
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱley-",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-clinal"
      },
      "expansion": "Back-formation of -clinal",
      "name": "back-form"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation of -clinal.",
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    {
      "args": {
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        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
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    },
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-cline",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English back-formations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A specified form of slope or gradation."
      ],
      "id": "en--cline-en-suffix-uZwHffu3",
      "links": [
        [
          "slope",
          "slope"
        ],
        [
          "gradation",
          "gradation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-cline"
}
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        "3": "*ḱley-",
        "id": "incline"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Back-formation of -clinal",
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    }
  ],
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-cline",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-cline",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
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        "English back-formations",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English suffixes",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱley- (incline)",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A specified form of slope or gradation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slope",
          "slope"
        ],
        [
          "gradation",
          "gradation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-cline"
}

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