ISOTHERM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("isotherm" is a kind of...):

isarithm; isogram; isopleth (a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable)

Domain category:

meteorology (the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather))

Holonyms ("isotherm" is a part of...):

weather chart; weather map ((meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region)

Derivation:

isothermal (of a process or change taking place at constant temperature)