isopleth

isopleth
/uy"seuh pleth'/, n.
a line drawn on a map through all points having the same numerical value, as of a population figure or geographic measurement. Also called isarithm.
[1905-10; < Gk isoplethés equal in number, equiv. to iso- ISO- + plêth(os) a great number + -es adj. suffix]

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