isogeotherm

isogeotherm
isogeothermal, isogeothermic, adj.
/uy'seuh jee"euh therrm'/, n.
an imaginary line connecting all points within the earth having the same mean temperature. Also called geoisotherm.
[1860-65; ISO- + GEO- + THERM]

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