clino-

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

   clinometer.

clino-

combining_form

1. indicating a slope or inclination

   clinometer

Word History and Origins

Origin of clino-¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of clino-¹

from New Latin, from Greek klinein to slant, lean

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

There were also famous statues of Lais, Glycera, Pythionice, Ne�ra, Clino, Blistyche, Stratonice, and other women of pleasure.

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.

From Project Gutenberg

When our Division was marching into Germany, after I was knocked out of the campaign, the dear old signallers used to patch up the Clino, even making new parts for it, in order that Canon Scott's car might get into Germany.

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However, I had been able to do so many forbidden things in the war that I thought it would be worth trying, so the old Clino sped over the hard macadamized roads from Boulogne till we came to the valley on the opposite side of which the town is situated.

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