isabnormal

isabnormal
/uy'sab nawr"meuhl/, n. Meteorol.
a line on a map or chart connecting points having an equal deviation from the normal value of some meteorological quantity, as temperature.
Also, isoabnormal. Cf. isanomal.
[1850-55; IS- + ABNORMAL]

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