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单词 isohyet
释义

isohyet

noun

iso·​hy·​et ˌī-sō-ˈhī-ət How to pronounce isohyet (audio)
: a line on a map or chart connecting areas of equal rainfall
isohyetal
ˌī-sō-ˈhī-ə-təl How to pronounce isohyet (audio)
adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Powell had drawn an isohyet, a line connecting areas that experience equal volumes of annual rainfall. Johnforristerross, Longreads, 2 July 2018 The man who had previously limited himself to describing the topographic and geologic formations of the western lands had now waded directly into populist politics, driven by isohyets and tables of rainfall-per-acre statistics. Johnforristerross, Longreads, 2 July 2018

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary is- + Greek hyetos rain, from hyein to rain; probably akin to Tocharian B swese rain

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

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