clin

to lean, bend

Latin · clinare

Clin comes from Latin clinare, to lean. Incline leans toward something, decline leans away or goes down, and a clinometer measures how steeply a slope leans.

Memory trick

In-cline: lean in. De-cline: lean down and away.

Words from this root

incline (in + cline) — to lean toward; a slopeझुकना; ढलान
incliner (in + clin + er) — one who leans towardझुकाव रखने वाला
decline (de + cline) — to go down; to refuse politelyघटना; विनम्रता से मना करना
decliner (de + clin + er) — one who declinesमना करने वाला
declinatory (de + clin + atory) — expressing refusalइनकार जताने वाला
disincline (dis + in + cline) — to make unwillingअनिच्छुक करना
clinometer (clino + meter) — tool to measure slopeढलान मापने का यंत्र
inclinometer (inclino + meter) — instrument for measuring tiltझुकाव मापने का यंत्र