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isocheimal, a. and n.|aɪsəʊˈkaɪməl| Also isochimal. [f. prec. + -al1. (Not on Gr. or L. analogies.)] = isochimenal.
1839Penny Cycl. XV. 139/2 The names of Isotheral, Isocheimal, and Isothermal lines have been given to lines passing through places which have equal mean summer, winter, or annual temperatures. 1846Worcester, Isochimal. 1852[see isocrymal]. 1880W. B. Carpenter in 19th Cent. Apr. 610 The ‘isocheimals’, or lines of mean winter temperature, instead of corresponding to the parallels of latitude, lie parallel to the coast-line. |