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isophene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
isophene
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A line (on a map, etc.) joining places where a particular biological phenomenon is exhibited in the same way, such as where plants flower at the same time (an isanthesic) or where the same proportion of clines is found.

Etymology

From iso- + the first element of phenology, the word having been first used to refer to phenological phenomena.

Inflected Forms

isophenes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

isogloss isograph

Synonyms

isophane

Questions

What does isophene mean?
A line (on a map, etc.) joining places where a particular biological phenomenon is exhibited in the same way, such as where plants flower at the same time (an isanthesic) or where the same proportion of clines is found.
Where does isophene come from?
From iso- + the first element of phenology, the word having been first used to refer to phenological phenomena.

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