isocline

Significat (Anglès)

1. A tightly folded syncline or anticline in which the two sides are almost parallel.
2. A line, curve or function on a graph or map linking points with the same slope or gradient.
3. A line on a map linking places with the same magnetic dip; an isoclinic line.

Conceptes

isoclina

Sinònims

isoclinic line

isoclinal

isogonic

isogonic line

isoclinal line

isomagnetic

line of same dip

isomagnetic line

isoclinic

Etimologia (Anglès)

From iso- + -cline (“slope”).