a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + kli`nein to incline. ] (Physics.) Without inclination or dipping; -- said of the imaginary line near the earth's equator on which the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator. Prof. August. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Clinical. ] 1. One confined to the bed by sickness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) One who receives baptism on a sick bed. [ Obs. ] Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) a medical facility, often connected with a school or hospital, which treats primarily outpatients. [ PJC ]

4. (Med.) A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. a lesson or series of lessons taught to persons not expert in some activity, in which the errors of the students are pointed out, and remedial actions are suggested. [ PJC ]

6. (sports) a performance so excellent as to be considered a model for emulation. [ fig. ] [ PJC ]

{ , a. [ Gr. kliniko`s, fr. kli`nh bed, fr. kli`nein to lean, recline: cf. F. clinique. See Lean, v. i. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to a clinic, or to the study of disease in the living subject. [ 1913 Webster ]

Clinical baptism, baptism administered to a person on a sick bed. --
Clinical instruction, instruction by means of clinics. --
Clinical lecture (Med.), a discourse upon medical topics illustrated by the exhibition and examination of living patients. --
Clinical medicine,
Clinical surgery, that part of medicine or surgery which is occupied with the investigation of disease in the living subject. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a clinical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]