isanomal
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An isoline joining points with the same degree of anomaly or deviation in some meteorological or geological phenomenon.
noun
An isabnormal.
Example Sentences
- "In general pattern, the isanomal map showing the extent to which Tasmanian stations depart from the world mean of variability for all places with the same average rainfall confirms the map of relative variability."
- "The values of gravity acceleration obtained are plotted on Bouguer's isanomal map for geological interpretation."
- "The usefulness of isanomal maps to climatological study and students of climate is varied and profound. By reducing the control of latitude on temperature to zero, the spatial patterns of thermal influence exhibited by other climatic controls such as altitude, continentality, etc., are more easily identified and analyzed."
Etymology
From is- + anomal.