cline
noun /klaɪn/
/klaɪn/
- a series of similar items in which each is almost the same as the ones next to it, but the last is very different from the first
synonym continuum渐变群,梯度变异(群体中相邻的两个成员相差无几,但第一个和最后一个之间差异极明显) - Scores are categorized as points along a cline from negative to positive.
分数按照从负到正的斜率来分类。
词源1930s: from Greek klinein ‘to slope’. - Scores are categorized as points along a cline from negative to positive.