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Cline can refer to:
Term meaning "gradual change" (from the Greek klīnein, "to lean")
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, a thermocline is a line of equal temperature that 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".
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Of various etymology, primarily from German Klein, "small, insignificant".
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