isogonal

[ahy-sog-uh-nl]

adjective

1. equiangular; isogonic.

noun

1. isogonal line.

Other Word Forms

• isogonality noun
• isogonally adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of isogonal¹

1855–60; < Greek isogṓn ( ios ) equiangular ( iso-, -gon ) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Yet Cornelius Schouten, on Easter Sunday, 1616, appears to have found the declination null somewhere to the southeast of Nukahiva, in 15 degrees south lat. and 132 degrees west long., and consequently in the middle of the present closed isogonal system.

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