Meanings
plural isotherombroses
- geographyAn isoline connecting points on the Earth's surface that have the same mean summer rainfall.
The curve or isotherombrose of 0—that is, the line in the vicinity of which it never rains in summer—passes through the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, as well as through Syria, and does not touch Europe.
1850, Alexander Keith Johnson, The Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena: Reduced from the Edition in Imperial Folio for the Use of Colleges, Academies and Families, page 61
Origin
- Ancient Greekὄμβρος“rain, rainstorm”
- Ancient Greekθέρος“summer”
- Englishisotherombrose
From iso- + Ancient Greek θέρος (théros, “summer”) + Ancient Greek ὄμβρος (ómbros, “rain, rainstorm”) + -ose.
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