isopleth

English

Etymology

From iso- +‎ + Ancient Greek πλῆθος (plêthos, “a great number”).

Noun

isopleth (plural isopleths)

1. A line drawn on a map through all points having the same value of some measurable quantity.
2. (thermodynamics) A line in a phase diagram indicating the same mole fraction.

Related terms

• isobar
• isochore
• isodrosotherm
• isogloss
• isogon
• isohyet
• isoquant
• isotach
• isotherm
• plethora

 

Translations

line through all points having the same value

• Finnish: samanarvonkäyrä, samanarvonviiva, isopleetti, isoviiva

thermodynamics: line indicating the same mole fraction

See also

• contour line

Anagrams

• helistop, hoplites, spoileth