clinographicadj.
/klʌɪnəʊˈɡrafɪk/ Pertaining to that mode of projection in drawing, in which the rays are assumed to fall obliquely on the plane of projection. Also, clinographic curve: a curve representing the slope or slopes of (a portion of) the earth's surface.
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hypsographic curve1895
hypsometric curve1924
clinographic curve1935
clinograph1937
hypsograph1937
1889 Cent. Dict. Clinographic.
1910 Encycl. Brit. VII. 573/2 Clinographic drawings are most frequently used for representing crystals.
1935 J. Hanson-Lowe in Geol. Mag. LXXII. 181 The real need of the morphologist is a knowledge of the actual average gradients between any two available (and adjacent) contours. For this reason I suggest that a new curve, which may conveniently be called the clinographic curve, is of far greater use [than the hypsographic curve].
1937 Geogr. Jrnl. 90 58 The district has been divided into four sub-regions and hypsographic and clinographic curves have been drawn for each.
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