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| Domain | Definition |
Avian | A geographic gradient in a measurable character, or gradient in gene, genotype, or phenotype frequency (Endler 1977:180). (references) |
Biology & Biotechnology | A geographical gradient in phenotypic characters within a species range. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Song Titles | I Fall To Pieces (performing artist: Patsy Cline) Walkin After Midnight (performing artist: Patsy Cline) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Night Burn at Cline Butte. Credit: Steve Lent. |  | [Gerald Morris Cline, M.D.]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Maggie Cline, "On Broadway" written by Clay M. Greene & Ben Teal. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "CLINE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "CLINE" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 60% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Noun (proper) | 37.78% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Unclassified Items | 2.22% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 45 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "CLINE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Cline | Last name | 20,000 | 595 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
patsy cline | 637 | cline glaxo smith | 12 |
sibcy cline | 376 | cline davis mann | 11 |
kristi cline | 182 | cline winery | 11 |
cline | 133 | patsy cline mp3 | 11 |
patsy cline lyrics | 85 | patsy cline music | 11 |
cline dion | 46 | cline patsy picture | 11 |
patsy cline crazy lyrics | 45 | patsy cline biography | 11 |
crazy patsy cline | 42 | cline kevin | 9 |
sibcy cline realtor | 39 | by cline crazy lyrics patsy | 9 |
pasty cline | 34 | chris cline | 9 |
calvin cline | 34 | crazy by patsy cline | 7 |
howard cline | 34 | cline wine | 7 |
patsy cline song | 20 | cline dream patsy sweet | 7 |
always patsy cline | 16 | cline vineyard | 7 |
cline cellar | 15 | cline estate real sibcy | 7 |
cline patsy photo | 15 | cline kristy | 7 |
sibcy cline cincinnati | 14 | nels cline | 6 |
cline vonda | 13 | cline library | 6 |
patsy cline song lyrics | 13 | cline sibcey | 6 |
sibcy cline realty | 12 | cline emily | 6 |
cline sibsy | 6 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "CLINE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | klin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | cline. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kliini. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cline. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Progression (progression), Klin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βαθμός αλλαγής ενός βιοτύπου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cline. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cleaynys (dip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ineclay clone (clone). (various references) cline. (various references) klin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CLINE": clines. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "CLINE": anticline, chlortetracycline, decline, disincline, doxycycline, eugeosyncline, geanticline, geosyncline, halocline, incline, isocline, microcline, monocline, oxytetracycline, recline, syncline, tetracycline, thermocline. (additional references) | |
Words containing "CLINE": anticlines, chlortetracyclines, declined, decliner, decliners, declines, disinclined, disinclines, doxycyclines, eugeosynclines, geanticlines, geosynclines, haloclines, inclined, incliner, incliners, inclines, isoclines, microclines, monoclines, oxytetracyclines, reclined, recliner, recliners, reclines, synclines, tetracyclines, thermoclines. (additional references) | |
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"CLINE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bline, caine, calina, Ceinwen, Celene, celine, Celinet, Celino, cien, cile, cinel, cinex, cini, cinqe, clande, clane, Clanne, clano, cleane, cleen, clence, clene, clense, clice, clide, Clie, clief, clien, cliep, clife, clige, Clignet, clin, clinec, clined, cliner, clinge, clingeth, clins, Clione, clipe, clire, clirn, clise, clite, clona, Clono, cluen, Clune, Cluney, Clunie, Clunio, clye, clyn, clype, Clyve, coine, coini, Coline, crine, cuine, Culina, dline, ecline, eline, fline, gline, klien, Mclane, oline, rline, sline. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "CLINE" (pronounced klī"n) |
| 4 | k l ī" n | decline, disincline, incline. |
| 3 | -l ī" n | align, Aline, line, malign, realign. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-l-n" | |
-1 letter: ceil, cine, lice, lien, line, nice. | |
-2 letters: cel, ice, lei, lie, lin, nil. | |
-3 letters: el, en, in, li, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-l-n" | |
+1 letter: cineol, client, clines, enolic, inlace, lectin, lentic, leucin, lichen, nicely, nickel, nickle, nuclei, pencil. | |
+2 letters: angelic, anglice, binocle, calcine, capelin, carline, cauline, ceiling, celling, centile, choline, cineole, cineols, cleping, clewing, clients, clinged, clinger, clinked, clinker, clueing, cringle, crinkle, cutline, decline, elenchi, encinal, funicle, galenic, glycine, helicon, incline, inclose, include, inflect, inlaced, inlaces, leching, lectins, lection, leucine, leucins, lexicon, licence, license, licente, lichens, linecut, melanic, nickels, nickled, nickles, nucelli, nuclein, nuclide, panicle, pelican, pencils, penicil, pinocle, recline, sanicle, scaleni, selenic, silence, splenic, stencil, tunicle. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Usage: Modern 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Images: Photo Album 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Names: Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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