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isopleth

American

[ahy-suh-pleth] / ˈaɪ səˌplɛθ /

noun

a line drawn on a map through all points having the same numerical value, as of a population figure or geographic measurement.

isopleth British

/ ˈaɪsəʊˌplɛθ /

noun

Also called: isogram. isoline. a line on a map connecting places registering the same amount or ratio of some geographical or meteorological phenomenon or phenomena

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Etymology

Origin of isopleth

1905–10; < Greek isoplēthḗs equal in number, equivalent to iso- iso- + plêth ( os ) a great number + -ēs adj. suffix

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Gallerygoers can dance inside the Arts Exchange’s former bank vault, where on one of the walls, Scott Fitzgerald’s “Isopleth” will translate their movements into shifting displays of colored abstractions.

From New York Times

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