isoclinicadj.n.
/ʌɪsəʊˈklɪnɪk/ A. adj.
1. = isoclinal adj. 1.
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1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Isoclinic.
1892 J. Thornton Advancem. Physiogr. xvi. §257 These two sets of magnetic lines, isogonics and isoclinics.
2. Corresponding to or depicting the locus of points in a body where each of the principal stresses is in some fixed direction.
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1915 Filon & Coker in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1914 203 The lines of principal stress are parallel to the axes of the Nicols... These may be called the lines of equal inclination or isoclinic lines.
1939 Jrnl. Appl. Physics 10 254/1 The direction of the stresses are taken from the isoclinic sketch.
1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) X. 150/1 Isoclinic fringes are a different set of interference patterns made by using white light, removing the quarter wave plates and rotating the polarizer and analyzer a fixed number of degrees. These fringes represent lines making known angles with the principal planes of stress.
B. n.
1. = isoclinal n.
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1892 J. Thornton Adv. Physiogr. xvi. §257 Isoclinic Lines are lines drawn through places which have the same [magnetic] inclination or dip.
2. An isoclinic line or curve.
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1924 L. N. G. Filon in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1923 352 Consider a point A..through which passes the isoclinic of parameter ϕ.
1924 L. N. G. Filon in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1923 353 The isoclinics are usually well-defined brushes, of which the direction, at any point, can be observed with considerable accuracy.
1948 M. M. Frocht Photoelasticity II. iv. 147 All isoclinics above the X axis pass through the point of application of the down~ward load and those below the X axis pass through the point of application of the upward load.
1948 M. M. Frocht Photoelasticity II. iv. 150 The isoclinics are all horizontal where they intersect the boundary of the disk.
1958 E. U. Condon & H. Odishaw Handbk. Physics iii. vi. 86/2 Isoclinics stand out more sharply against colored backgrounds.
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