isotherombrose
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An isoline connecting points on the Earth's surface that have the same mean summer rainfall.
Example Sentences
- "The curve or isotherombrose of 0—that is, the line in the vicinity of which it never rains in summer—passes through the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, as well as through Syria, and does not touch Europe."
Etymology
From iso- + Ancient Greek θέρος (théros, “summer”) + Ancient Greek ὄμβρος (ómbros, “rain, rainstorm”) + -ose.