clino-

American  

1. a combining form meaning “slope, incline,” and, in mineralogy, “monoclinic,” used in the formation of compound words.

   clinometer.

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clino- British  

combining form

1. indicating a slope or inclination

   clinometer

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Etymology

Origin of clino-

< Latin -clīn ( āre ) (cognate with Greek klī́n ein to cause to lean, Sanskrit śrayati he causes to lean) + -o-

Example Sentences

The deal with Siemens follows the announcement last April of a research collaboration between General Electric Co's GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics business and Clino Ltd, a venture of Japan's Tohoku University, to develop imaging tracers that can identify the presence of tau proteins in people with Alzheimer's.

From Reuters

He took me over to the machine-shop and there presented to me, for my use until it should be recalled, a new Clino which had just come up from the base.

From Project Gutenberg

Had the Clino not been both exceedingly strong and very new it would have come to grief long before it did.

From Project Gutenberg

About a fortnight afterwards I received an order to return the Clino, but before I did so I journeyed to Corps Headquarters and made a passionate appeal to General Currie for its retention.

From Project Gutenberg

Of course I was the envy of everyone, and when they asked me how I got the Clino I said I did not exactly know.

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