Meaning

2 senses
  1. A line drawn on a map through all points having the same value of some measurable quantity.

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

  2. A line in a phase diagram indicating the same mole fraction.

Translations

4 languages

Origin

From iso- + Ancient Greek πλῆθος (plêthos, “a great number”).

From iso- + Ancient Greek πλῆθος (plêthos, “a great number”).

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Forms

plural: isopleths
Singularisopleth
Pluralisopleths

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable:isogramisarithm

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
isopleth — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto