isochimenaladj.n.
/ʌɪsə(ʊ)ˈkʌɪmɪnəl/ A. adj.
Indicating equal mean winter temperatures: said of lines on a map, etc. (see isocheim n.).
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1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man xviii. 365 In the actual state of the globe, the isochimenal lines, or lines of equal winter temperature, when traced westward from Europe to North America, bend 10° south.
B. n.
An isochimenal line, an isocheim.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > diagrams, graphs, or lines > [noun] > climatic differences > temperature > in summer or winter
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1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Francis).
1867 Proctor in Intellectual Observer No. 62. 117 The isochimenals of greatest cold.
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