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2. Noun. (mathematics) Any of a series of lines having the same slope ¹

3. Noun. A line on a map linking places with the same magnetic dip ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Isocline

1. a type of rock formation [n -S]

Medical Definition of Isocline

1. A line in a geographical region that joins all points at which in a population there is the same average frequency for the various alleles at a genetic locus. See: cline. Origin: iso-+ G. Klino, to slope (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Isocline

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geometry of Four Dimensions by Henry Parker Manning (1914)
"isocline rotation. In a simple rotation around a, or in a double rotation around a and its absolutely perpendicular plane a' (Art. 81), the complete system ..."

2. The Precambrian Rocks of the Canton, New York, Quadrangle by James Cook Martin (1916)
"Sigmoidal isocline from zone of intense crumpling near Little River crossroads, about one-sixth natural size. Typical of tight folding to which thin strata ..."

3. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1890)
"... to form an isocline, with reversed dips to the SE The axis of folding is roughly parallel to the axis of St. David's promontory. ..."

4. Geometry of Four Dimensions by Henry Parker Manning (1914)
"isocline rotation. In a simple rotation around a, or in a double rotation around a and its absolutely perpendicular plane a' (Art. 81), the complete system ..."

5. The Precambrian Rocks of the Canton, New York, Quadrangle by James Cook Martin (1916)
"Sigmoidal isocline from zone of intense crumpling near Little River crossroads, about one-sixth natural size. Typical of tight folding to which thin strata ..."

6. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1890)
"... to form an isocline, with reversed dips to the SE The axis of folding is roughly parallel to the axis of St. David's promontory. ..."

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