About CLINE: The root “CLINE” used in many English words came from Latin word “Clinare” or “Klinein” which means “Lean, To Bend”. The other meaning subsets can be drawn as “bed; slope, slant, to lean, leaning”. Etymologically the meaning will have a sense of a slope or gradient.
Words:
Incline (noun) - An inclined surface or plane; a slope, especially on a road or railway.
Inclination (noun) - The fact or degree of sloping.
Decline (verb) - Move downwards.
Declination (noun) - The angular distance of a point north or south of the celestial equator.
Recline (verb) - Lean or lie back in a relaxed position with the back supported.
Anticline (noun) - A ridge or fold of stratified rock in which the strata slope downwards from the crest.
Ecocline (noun) - A gradual, continuous change in the species composition between two ecosystems or communities of organisms across an environmental gradient.
Isocline (noun) - A line on a diagram or map connecting points of equal gradient or inclination.
Patricliny (noun) - Inheritance of traits which are primarily from the father.
Matricliny (noun) - Inheritance of traits which are primarily from the Mother.
Patroclinous (adjective) - Having inherited characteristics that more closely resemble the male parent than the female parent.
Thermocline (noun) - An abrupt temperature gradient in a body of water such as a lake, marked by a layer above and below which the water is at different temperatures.
