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isohaline

American  
[ahy-suh-hey-leen, -lahyn, -hal-een, -ahyn] / ˌaɪ səˈheɪ lin, -laɪn, -ˈhæl in, -aɪn /
Also isohalsine

noun

  1. a line on a map of the ocean connecting all points of equal salinity.

Etymology

Origin of isohaline

1900–05; iso- + -haline < Greek hálinos salty; hal-, -ine 1

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