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isepiptesis

isepiptesis is the alternative form of isopiptesis.

Meaning of isopiptesis

Noun

isopiptesis (plural isopipteses)

  1. An isoline that joins points on a map where the individuals of a particular migratory species arrive at the same time each year.
    • The conclusion that the migration takes place at right angles to the isopipteses seemed justified; but, with regard to the direction of the bird's migration to be ascertained, could not possibly prove more exact than the premises themselves, the methods of inquiry, and the material.1892, J. A. Palmén, “Report on the Migration of Birds”, in C. W. Shoemaker, transl., Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution

Forms of isepiptesis

pluralisepipteses

Questions about isepiptesis

What is isepiptesis the alternative form of?
Isepiptesis is the alternative form of isopiptesis.

Words near isepiptesis in the dictionary

  1. isentropic flows
  2. isentropically
  3. isentropicity
  4. isepamicin
  5. isepipteses
  6. isepiptesis
  7. Iser
  8. Isernia
  9. Isers
  10. isethionate
  11. isethionates

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