See Also: clino-(medicine)
clino-(dictionary)

clino- (iou)



clino- combining form of Greek klinein to lean, slope; in Mineralogy & Crystallography usu. with the sense 'monoclinic': see -O-. Cf. KLINO-.
clinochlore noun a hexagonal variety of chlorite rich in magnesium and aluminium and usu. poor in iron M19.
clino'graphic adjective (a) (of a projection) oblique, such that no surface (esp. of a crystal) is projected as a line; (b) (of a curve) representing gradient as a function of altitude: L19.
clino'pinacoid noun the plane perpendicular to the axis of symmetry in the monoclinic system L19.
clinopy'roxene noun any monoclinic pyroxene E20.