English Explanatory Dictionary

isocline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tightly folded syncline or anticline in which the two sides are almost parallel.
  2. A line, curve or function on a graph or map linking points with the same slope or gradient.
  3. A line on a map linking places with the same magnetic dip; an isoclinic line.

Word forms

isocline isoclines

Etymology

From iso- + -cline (“slope”).

Derived words

isoclinal isoclinic
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