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isopleth

[ ahy-suh-pleth ]

noun

  1. a line drawn on a map through all points having the same numerical value, as of a population figure or geographic measurement.


isopleth

/ ˈ²¹Éª²õəʊˌ±è±ôɛθ /

noun

  1. a line on a map connecting places registering the same amount or ratio of some geographical or meteorological phenomenon or phenomena Also calledisogramisoline
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of isopleth1

1905–10; < Greek ¾±²õ´Ç±è±ôŧ³Ù³óḗs equal in number, equivalent to iso- iso- + ±è±ôê³Ù³ó ( os ) a great number + -ŧ²õ adj. suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of isopleth1

C20: from Greek ¾±²õ´Ç±è±ôŧ³Ù³óŧ²õ equal in number, from iso- + ±è±ôŧ³Ù³ó´Ç²õ multitude, great number
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Gallerygoers can dance inside the Arts Exchange’s former bank vault, where on one of the walls, Scott Fitzgerald’s “Isopleth†will translate their movements into shifting displays of colored abstractions.

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