"isopleth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: isopleths [plural]
Etymology: From iso- + Ancient Greek πλῆθος (plêthos, “a great number”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|iso||}} iso- +, {{der|en|grc|πλῆθος||a great number}} Ancient Greek πλῆθος (plêthos, “a great number”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} isopleth (plural isopleths)
  1. A line drawn on a map through all points having the same value of some measurable quantity. Synonyms: isoline, isarithm, isogram, isopract Translations (line through all points having the same value): isopleet [masculine] (Dutch), samanarvonkäyrä (Finnish), samanarvonviiva (Finnish), isopleetti (Finnish), isoviiva (Finnish), isopleta [feminine] (Portuguese), isolínea [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-isopleth-en-noun-HbR-QNXS Categories (other): Curves, Isolines, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with iso-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Geography, Isolines Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with iso-: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Geography: 100 0 Disambiguation of Isolines: 67 33 Disambiguation of 'line through all points having the same value': 70 30
  2. (thermodynamics) A line in a phase diagram indicating the same mole fraction.
    Sense id: en-isopleth-en-noun-O5-IyKAN Categories (other): Thermodynamics, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with iso-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with iso-: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 49 51 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, thermodynamics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: isoplethic Related terms: plethora, contour line

Inflected forms

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