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isochrone

isochrone noun: an isoline on a map or chart connecting points that have the same value for some time-related variable.

Noun

isochrone (plural isochrones)

  1. An isoline on a map or chart connecting points that have the same value for some time-related variable.
    • isochrones of urban development, isochrones of equal travel time
    • Isopoll maps can be reinterpreted to show the migration of a particular genus or ecotone through time by isochrones (equal time lines).2013, Raymond S. Bradley, Paleoclimatology: Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary, page 420
  2. A semicubical parabola.

isochrone meaning in Tamil

isochrone in Tamil

சமகாலி

Forms of isochrone

pluralisochrones

Origin of isochrone

See iso- and chrono-.

Questions about isochrone

What does isochrone mean?
Isochrone means an isoline on a map or chart connecting points that have the same value for some time-related variable.
What is isochrone in Tamil?
Isochrone in Tamil is சமகாலி. See Isochrone meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is isochrone?
Isochrone is a noun.
What is the plural of isochrone?
The plural of isochrone is isochrones.

Words near isochrone in the dictionary

  1. isochromous
  2. isochron
  3. isochronal
  4. isochronality
  5. isochronally
  6. isochrone
  7. isochrones
  8. isochronic
  9. isochronical
  10. isochronicity
  11. isochronise

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