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isocrymal, a. and n. Phys. Geog.|aɪsəʊˈkraɪməl|
[f. iso- + Gr. κρῡµός cold + -al1.]
A. adj. Applied to lines on a map, etc. connecting places at which the temperature is the same during a specified coldest part (e.g. the coldest 30 consecutive days) of the year.
B. n. An isocrymal line; also isocryme |ˈaɪsəʊkraɪm|.
1852Dana Crust. ii. 1451 The lines are isocheimal lines, or, more properly, isocrymal lines. Ibid. 1453 It is..an objection to using the isotheres, that those towards the equator are much more irregular in course than the isocrymes. Ibid. 1456 The fitness of the other isocrymals for the purposes of illustrating the geographical distribution of marine species. |