Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

isocryme

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: isocryme
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An isoline connecting points on the Earth's surface having the same mean temperature in the coldest month of the year.

Etymology

From iso- + Ancient Greek κρυμός (krumós, “cold, chilliness”) (see κρύος (krúos)). Coined by James D. Dana in 1854, who glossed κρυμός as "extreme cold".

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: κρυμός

Inflected Forms

isocrymes (plural)

Derived Forms

isocrymal isocrymic

Questions

What does isocryme mean?: An isoline connecting points on the Earth's surface having the same mean temperature in the coldest month of the year.
Where does isocryme come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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