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Definition of Isogram
1. Noun. A line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable.
Specialized synonyms: Isobar, Isochrone, Isoclinal, Isoclinic Line, Isohel, Isotherm
Generic synonyms: Line
Definition of Isogram
1. Noun. A word or phrase in which each letter occurs the same number of times ¹
2. Noun. A line on a chart, such as a contour line, joining points that have the same value for some quantity ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Isogram
1. a line on a map connecting points of equal value [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Isogram
Literary usage of Isogram
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Abstracts of the Eighth International Conference on Geochronology by Marvin A. Lanphere, G. Brent Dalrymple, Brent D. Turrin (1994)
"The geographic isogram of 87Sr/**Sr ratios of silicate faciès surface sediments in
... The major axis of isogram is NE-SW direction. The closed circle of 0. ..."
2. Scientific American Reference Book by Albert Allis Hopkins, Alexander Russell Bond (1913)
"... on a chart connecting places at which equality of some physical condition exists.
An isogram of barometric pressure is called an isobar; of rainfall, ..."
3. Popular Science Monthly (1912)
"the name " isogram " itself. The latter, denoting a line that represents equality
of some physical condition on a map or diagram (the isotherm and the ..."
4. Treatise on Thermodynamics by Peter Alexander (1892)
"An isogram is a line whose co-ordinates represent the varying volume and pressure
of a body undergoing changes of volume and pressure, subject to the law or ..."
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