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ISARITHM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does isarithm mean? 

ISARITHM (noun)
  The noun ISARITHM has 1 sense:

1. a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variableplay

  Familiarity information: ISARITHM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ISARITHM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

isarithm; isogram; isopleth

Hypernyms ("isarithm" is a kind of...):

line (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "isarithm"):

isobar ((meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time)

isochrone (an isogram connecting points at which something occurs or arrives at the same time)

isoclinal; isoclinic line (an isogram connecting points of equal magnetic inclination)

isohel (an isogram connecting points receiving equal amounts of sunshine)

isotherm ((meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time)


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