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isocryme

isocryme noun: an isoline connecting points on the Earth's surface having the same mean temperature in the coldest month of the year.

Noun

isocryme (plural isocrymes)

  1. An isoline connecting points on the Earth's surface having the same mean temperature in the coldest month of the year.

Forms of isocryme

pluralisocrymes

Origin of isocryme

From iso- + Ancient Greek κρυμός (krumós, “cold, chilliness”) (see κρύος (krúos)). Coined by James D. Dana in 1854, who glossed κρυμός as "extreme cold".

Words formed from isocryme

Questions about isocryme

What does isocryme mean?
Isocryme means an isoline connecting points on the Earth's surface having the same mean temperature in the coldest month of the year.
What part of speech is isocryme?
Isocryme is a noun.
What is the plural of isocryme?
The plural of isocryme is isocrymes.

Words near isocryme in the dictionary

  1. isocrinids
  2. isocrotonic
  3. isocrotonic acid
  4. isocrymal
  5. isocrymals
  6. isocryme
  7. isocrymes
  8. isocrymic
  9. isocryptolepine
  10. isocryptomerin
  11. isocrystal

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