cline
pronunciation
How to pronounce cline in British English:
UK [klaɪn]
How to pronounce cline in American English:
US [klaɪn]
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- Noun:
- Americn geneticist who succeeded in transferring a functioning gene from one mouse to another (born in 1934)
Word Origin
- cline (n.)
- 1938, in biological use, back-formation from incline or from Greek klinein "to slope, to lean" (see lean (v.)). Middle English had clinen (v.) "to bend, bow," from Old French cliner, from Latin clinare.
Example
- 1. William cline wrote the study from the center for global development in washington .
- 2. But the importance of mr. cline 's numbers may be more political than economic .
- 3. She listens to patsy cline when she 's sad .
- 4. You like them young , don 't you , cline ?
- 5. Their photographer located karen cline last week at the diner where she works and surprised her with a photo album .