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isovist

isovist noun: a measurement representing the volume of space visible from a given point of known location.

Noun

isovist (plural isovists)

  1. A measurement representing the volume of space visible from a given point of known location.
    • The best architects intuitively understand this psychological preference, as they construct spaces that naturally lead us from one expansive isovist to the next.2009 July 12, Jonah Lehrer, “Where Am I?”, in New York Times

Forms of isovist

pluralisovists

Origin of isovist

From iso- + possibly vista.

Questions about isovist

What does isovist mean?
Isovist means a measurement representing the volume of space visible from a given point of known location.
What part of speech is isovist?
Isovist is a noun.
What is the plural of isovist?
The plural of isovist is isovists.

Words near isovist in the dictionary

  1. isovels
  2. isoventiloquinone
  3. isoverbascoside
  4. isoviscosity
  5. isoviscous
  6. isovist
  7. isovists
  8. isovite
  9. isovitexin
  10. isovoacangine
  11. isovoacristine

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