clino

n. [ Gr. kli`nein to incline + E. dome. ] (Crystallog.) See under Dome. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. kli`nein to incline + -graph. ] Pertaining to that mode of projection in drawing in which the rays of light are supposed to fall obliquely on the plane of projection. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. kli`nh bed + -oid. ] (Anat.) Like a bed; -- applied to several processes on the inner side of the sphenoid bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kli`nein to incline + -meter. ] (Geol.) An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pertaining to, or ascertained by, the clinometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to the oblique crystalline forms, or to solids which have oblique angles between the axes; as, the clinometric systems. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (geol.) That art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kli`nein to incline + E. pinacoid. ] (Crystallog.) The plane in crystals of the monoclinic system which is parallel to the vertical and the inclined lateral (clinidiagonal) axes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. kli`nein to incline + E. rhombic: cf. F. clinorhombique. ] (Crystallog.) Possessing the qualities of a prism, obliquely inclined to a rhombic base; monoclinic. [ 1913 Webster ]