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Contour Lines (Isolines)
All right, you must think I'm off my rocker at last. Contour lines? This list of 60 nouns beginning with "iso" defines words for contour lines on maps and diagrams that connect points having some feature (climatic, geographic, etc.) in common - also known as isolines or isograms. I wouldn't have thought there were so many of them before undertaking this site, but now that I've found them, I've become rather attached to them.
So, now for my anecdote about isograms. When I was in high school (in south-central Ontario, Canada), my friends and I developed a particular isogram known as 'the stupid line'. This line demarcated the point north of which congenital idiots were found in great frequency (i.e. redneck country). The phrase 'north of the stupid line' came to signify an individual of subnormal intelligence and general social ignorance. So, what do you think of "isomoron"? Let me know.
Word
Definition
isabnormal
line connecting points of equal deviation from mean temperature
isacoustic
line connecting points of equal acoustic quality
isallobar
line connecting points of equal change in barometric pressure
iseidomal
line connecting points of equal visibility of a spectacle
isentropic
line connecting points of equal entropy
isobar
line connecting points of same atmospheric pressure
isobase
line connecting points of equal land upheaval
isobath
line connecting points of equal underwater depth
isobathytherm
line connecting points of equal temperature and depth underground
isobront
line connecting points of simultaneous storm development
isochar
line connecting points of similar distinguishing characteristics of plant life
isochasm
line connecting points of equal frequency of aurorae
isocheim
line connecting points of same average winter temperature
isochlor
line connecting points of equal chlorine concentration
isochor
line connecting points of varying conditions under constant volume
isochrone
line connecting points of equal time difference or simultaneous occurrence
isoclinal
line connecting points of same magnetic dip
isocryme
line connecting points of equal winter temperature
isodose
line connecting points that receive equal doses of radiation
isodrosotherm
line connecting points of equal dew point
isodynamic
line connecting points of equal magnetic intensity
isoflor
line connecting points of equal number of plant species
isogam
line connecting points of equal acceleration due to gravity
isogen
line connecting points of equal birthrates
isogeotherm
line connecting points of equal subterranean temperature
isogloss
line connecting points of similar regional dialect
isogon
line connecting points of same specified angle or same wind direction
isogonal
line connecting points of equal magnetic declination
isograd
line connecting points of similar conditions during geological metamorphism
isogram
line connecting points on a map having some similar feature
isograph
line connecting points of same linguistic usage in some respect
isohaline
line connecting points of equal salinity
isohalsine
line connecting points of equal ocean salinity
isohel
line connecting points of equal sunlight
isohyet
line connecting points of equal rainfall
isokeraunic
line connecting points of equal occurrence of thunderstorms
isolex
line connecting points of same vocabulary usage
isoline
line connecting points on a map having some similar feature
isomagnetic
line connecting points of equal magnetic induction
isometric
line connecting points of equal variations of pressure
isomorph
line connecting points of same linguistic morphological forms
isonephelic
line connecting points of equal cloud cover
isopach
line connecting points of equal thickness of geological strata
isophene
line connecting points of the same phenotype or seasonal variation
isophote
line connecting points of equal light intensity from a given source
isopiestic
line connecting points of equal pressure but varying temperature and volume
isopiptesis
line connecting points of same arrival date of migratory species
isopleth
line connecting points of equal aspect of climate
isopor
line connecting points of equal annual change in magnetic field
isopycnic
line connecting points of equal density
isorithm
line connecting points of equal population density
isoseismal
line connecting points of same earthquake intensity
isostere
line connecting points of equal specific volume of a substance
isotac
line joining points where the ice melts at the same time of year
isotach
line connecting points of the same wind speed
isothere
line connecting points of equal summer temperature
isotherm
line connecting points of equal temperature
isothermobath
line connecting points of equal temperature at a given ocean depth
isotherombrose
line connecting points of equal ratio of summer rainfall to annual rainfall
isovol
line connecting points of equal ratio of fixed to volatile carbon in coal
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