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isochrone en · NOUN

Etymology

See iso- and chrono-.

Meanings

  1. An isoline on a map or chart connecting points that have the same value for some time-related variable.
    • isochrones of urban development, isochrones of equal travel time
    • Isopoll maps can be reinterpreted to show the migration of a particular genus or ecotone through time by isochrones (equal time lines). 2013, Raymond S. Bradley, Paleoclimatology: Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary, page 420:
  2. A semicubical parabola.

Forms

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Relateds

isochronous · isochron