The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχώρα“place”
- English todayisochore
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχώρα all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
isochore
Today it means: In general, a place or position with relevant parameters matching other places, as in having the same pressure, chemistry, population etc. Even within a single discipline the parameter might vary according to convenience e.g. in physics alone it might refer to velocity, volume, gravity, and many more. cf. contour, isopleth. Full definition →
Ancient Greek χώρα