isocheim

isocheim
isocheimal, isocheimenal /uy'seuh kuy"meuh nl/, isocheimic, isochimal, adj.
/uy"seuh kuym'/, n. Climatol.
a line on a map connecting points that have the same mean winter temperature.
Also, isochime.
[1860-65; ISO- + -cheim < Gk cheîma winter cold]

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