var. of CLINO-, as in klinoclase, -crocite, -humite, -meter, -phæite, -pinacoid, -rhombic, etc.; also Klinocephalic, -cephalous, adjs., having a saddle-shaped depression at the vertex of the skull; hence Klinocephalism, -cephaly. Klinostat, a stand on which germinating seeds or growing plants are placed, and which is made to revolve so as to counteract the influence of gravity on their growth.
1878. Bartley, trans. Topinard’s Anthrop., V. 177. *Klinocephalic, skull with vault in form of a saddle.
1866. Brande & Cox, Dict. Sci., etc., *Klinometer.
1875. Bennett & Dyer, trans. Sachs’ Bot., 50. It is uncertain whether they belong to the hexagonal or the *klinorhombic system.
1855. Mayne, Expos. Lex., *Klinorhomboid, -rhomboidal.
1880. C. & F. Darwin, Movem. Pl., 93. Seven seeds were allowed to germinate … in a *klinostat, by which means geotropism was eliminated.
