isocline

English

Etymology

From iso- + -cline (slope).

Noun

isocline (plural isoclines)

  1. (geology) A tightly folded syncline or anticline in which the two sides are almost parallel.
  2. (geography, mathematics) A line, curve or function on a graph or map linking points with the same slope or gradient.
  3. (geography) A line on a map linking places with the same magnetic dip; an isoclinic line.

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French

Noun

isocline f (plural isoclines)

  1. isocline

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Italian

Noun

isocline f

  1. plural of isoclina

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