English Explanatory Dictionary

isocryme

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An isoline connecting points on the Earth's surface having the same mean temperature in the coldest month of the year.

Word forms

isocryme isocrymes

Etymology

From iso- + Ancient Greek κρυμός (krumós, “cold, chilliness”) (see κρύος (krúos)). Coined by James D. Dana in 1854, who glossed κρυμός as "extreme cold".

Derived words

isocrymal isocrymic
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