"isophane" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: isophanes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} isophane (countable and uncountable, plural isophanes)
  1. (uncountable, medicine) A synthetic form of insulin used to treat diabetes. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-isophane-en-noun-5bON00uW Categories (other): English terms prefixed with iso- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with iso-: 55 45 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (countable, meteorology) A line drawn on a map through points where a given seasonal biological event occurs on the same date. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Meteorology
    Sense id: en-isophane-en-noun-g3LjNOtQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with iso- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with iso-: 55 45 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for isophane meaning in English (2.1kB)

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