"clinal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈklaɪnəl/
Rhymes: -aɪnəl Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλίνη (klínē, “bed”) + -al. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱley-|id=incline}}, {{af|en|κλίνη|-al|lang1=grc|t1=bed}} Ancient Greek κλίνη (klínē, “bed”) + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} clinal (not comparable)
  1. Pertaining to beds or rest. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-clinal-en-adj-F-V8haqD
  2. (physical chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 30° and 150° Tags: not-comparable, physical Categories (topical): Physical chemistry, Ecology
    Sense id: en-clinal-en-adj-WbyfDR8Y Disambiguation of Ecology: 5 46 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 80 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 10 74 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 72 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 82 15 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: /ˈklaɪnəl/
Rhymes: -aɪnəl Etymology: From cline + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cline|al}} cline + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} clinal (not comparable)
  1. Pertaining to a cline. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Ecology Derived forms: aclinal, clinally
    Sense id: en-clinal-en-adj-JEisQgnd Disambiguation of Ecology: 5 46 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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