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

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Origin of clino-

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

Words nearby clino-

clink, clinker, clinker-built, clinkety-clank, clinkstone, clino-, clinograph, clinometer, clinometric, clinopyroxene, Clinoril

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How to use clino- in a sentence

Had the Clino not been both exceedingly strong and very new it would have come to grief long before it did.
The Great War As I Saw It|Frederick George Scott

British Dictionary definitions for clino-

clino-

before a vowel clin-

combining form

indicating a slope or inclinationclinometer

Word Origin for clino-

from New Latin, from Greek klinein to slant, lean

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