cline
🇺🇸
/klaɪn/
🇬🇧
/klaɪn/
noun
R
A smooth transition from one thing to another.
The cline in color from blue to green was noticeable in the sky.
R
A range of speech sounds that vary continuously.
The linguist studied the cline of vowel sounds in the regional dialect.
translation
A smooth transition from one thing to another.; A range of speech sounds that vary continuously.
Word Forms
Plural
clines