isocrymaladj.n.
/ʌɪsəʊˈkrʌɪməl/ Physical Geography.
A. adj.
Applied to lines on a map, etc. connecting places at which the temperature is the same during a specified coldest part (e.g. the coldest 30 consecutive days) of the year.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > diagrams, graphs, or lines > [adjective] > temperature > summer or winter
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1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II ii. 1451 The lines are isocheimal lines, or, more properly, isocrymal lines.
B. n.
An isocrymal line.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > diagrams, graphs, or lines > [noun] > climatic differences > temperature > in summer or winter
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1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II ii. 1456 The fitness of the other isocrymals for the purposes of illustrating the geographical distribution of marine species.
Derivatives
isocryme n. /ˈaɪsəʊkraɪm/
/ˈaɪsəʊkraɪm/ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > diagrams, graphs, or lines > [noun] > climatic differences > temperature > in summer or winter
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1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II ii. 1453 It is..an objection to using the isotheres, that those towards the equator are much more irregular in course than the isocrymes.
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