klino-|klaɪnəʊ|var. of clino-, as in klinoclase, klino-crocite, klino-humite, klino-meter, klino-phæite, klino-pinacoid, klino-rhombic, etc.; also klinocephalic|-sɪˈfælɪk|, -cephalous|-ˈsɛfələs|, adjs., having a saddle-shaped depression at the vertex of the skull; hence klinoˈcephalism, -ˈcephaly; klinokiˈnesis[kinesis 2], a kinesis in which the movement is one of turning; hence klinokiˈnetica., klinokiˈneticallyadv.; similarly klinostat|ˈklaɪnəʊstæt|, a stand on which germinating seeds or growing plants are placed, and which is made to revolve so as to counteract the influence of gravity on their growth; klinoˈtaxis[taxis 6], a taxis in which the movement is one of turning.1878Bartley tr.Topinard's Anthrop. v. 177 *Klinocephalic, skull with vault in form of a saddle.1937D. L. Gunn et al. in Nature 18 Dec. 1064/2 We propose to divide kineses into (a) ortho-kineses..and (b) *klino-kineses..—variations in angular velocity.1954New Biol. XVII. 49 A klino-kinesis (a higher rate of turning in dry than in moist air) is also present [in woodlice].1970R. A. & B. M. Maier Compar. Animal Behavior v. 81 A second category of kinetic response—klinokinesis—involves changes in the rate of turning associated with shifts in the intensity of stimulation.1940Fraenkel & Gunn Orientation of Animals v. 45 In some animals there is a *klino-kinetic response in which the rate of random turning, or angular velocity, depends on the intensity of stimulation.1964Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. II. 478 Unoriented klinokinetic movements occur [in two species of Erycinidæ] under uniform overhead light.1946Nature 13 July 58/2 When behaving photopositively Hydra orientates itself *klinokinetically.1866Brande & Cox Dict.Sci., etc., *Klinometer.1875Bennett & Dyer tr.Sachs' Bot. 50 It is uncertain whether they belong to the hexagonal or the *klinorhombic system.1855Mayne Expos.Lex., *Klinorhomboid, -rhomboidal.1880C. & F. Darwin Movem. Pl. 93 Seven seeds were allowed to germinate..in a *klinostat, by which means geotropism was eliminated.1940Fraenkel & Gunn Orientation of Animals vi. 59 The kind of reaction in which these regular deviations are a necessary part of the orientation mechanism is here named *klino-taxis.Ibid. 75 Klino-taxis is an uncommon type of reaction to light.1958New Biol. XXVII. 72 A fly larva with a single median eye moves away from a single source of light... The movement involves swinging from side to side; as the eye is illuminated from one side so the swing is away from that side... This swinging motion is a klinotaxis.1970R. A. & B. M. Maier Compar. Animal Behavior v. 81 The first type [of taxis]—klinotaxis—involves a series of successive comparisons of the intensity of stimulation.
klino-/ˈklʌɪnəʊ/combining form of Greek klinein to lean, slope: see -o-. Cf. clino-.