-cline
suff.(后缀)
语源
suff.(后缀)
- Slope:
 斜坡:
 anticline.
 背斜层
语源
- Back-formation from -clinal 
 源自 -clinal的逆构词
-cline
combining form in countable noun
indicating a slope
⇒ 
anticline
Derived Forms
-clinal combining form in adjectiveOrigin
back formation from incline-clinea suffix indicating
1.  a slope, as in anticline.
2.  a layer, as in thermocline.
-cline
noun combining form
monocline
noun combining form
 ETYMOLOGY  back-formation from -clinal
: slopemonocline
-cline
\ˌklīn\  noun combining form 
(-s) 
Etymology: back-formation from -clinal 
1. : slope 
< anticline >
2. : gradient : layer 
< thermocline >
1.
< anticline >
2.
< thermocline >
-cline
Suffix
- A specified form of slope or gradation.
Etymology
Back-formation from -clinal.