isocline
English
editEtymology
editFrom iso- + -cline (“slope”).
Noun
editisocline (plural isoclines)
- (geology) A tightly folded syncline or anticline in which the two sides are almost parallel.
- (geography, mathematics) A line, curve or function on a graph or map linking points with the same slope or gradient.
- (geography) A line on a map linking places with the same magnetic dip; an isoclinic line.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editlines that have the same slope
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Anagrams
editFrench
editNoun
editisocline f (plural isoclines)
Further reading
edit- “isocline”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
editNoun
editisocline f
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱley- (incline)
- English terms prefixed with iso-
- English terms suffixed with -cline
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- English nouns
- English countable nouns
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