Etymology

isocheim

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Today it means: An isotherm connecting points on a map with equal mean winter temperature. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χεῖμα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχεῖμα“cold, winter”
  2. English todayisocheim

From iso- + Ancient Greek χεῖμα (kheîma, “cold, winter”).

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