Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See isoline.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A diagram exhibiting a family of curves for the purpose of showing a relation between three variables.
Wiktionary
- n. A word or phrase in which each letter occurs the same number of times
- n. A line on a chart, such as a contour line, joining points that have the same value for some quantity
WordNet 3.0
- n. a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable
Etymologies
- Portmanteau of isolated and pangram. (Wiktionary)
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equal
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By Hook or By Crook
From the book by David Crystal
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knitandpurl David Crystal says that an isogram isn't necessarily a word in which no letter is repeated, but a letter in which the letters have the same frequency. "But to the ludic linguist, Wilmcote is a first-order isogram, or heterogram. Not a very interesting one, admittedly, but a first-order isogram nonetheless.
An isogram is a word in which the letters turn up an equal number of times. In a first-order isogram, each letter appears just once: dialogue is an example. In a second-order isogram, each letter appears twice: deed is an example. Longer examples are hard to find: they include Vivienne, Caucasus, intestines, and (important for a phonetician to know this) bilabial. In a third-order isogram, each letter appears three times. These are very rare, unusual words such as deeded ('conveyed by deed'), sestettes (a variant spelling of sextets), and geggee ('victim of a hoax)."
By Hook or By Crook by David Crystal, p 192 Dec 20, 2008
knitandpurl David Crystal says that an isogram isn't necessarily a word in which no letter is repeated, but a letter in which the letters have the same frequency. "But to the ludic linguist, Wilmcote is a first-order isogram, or heterogram. Not a very interesting one, admittedly, but a first-order isogram nonetheless.
An isogram is a word in which the letters turn up an equal number of times. In a first-order isogram, each letter appears just once: dialogue is an example. In a second-order isogram, each letter appears twice: deed is an example. Longer examples are hard to find: they include Vivienne, Caucasus, intestines, and (important for a phonetician to know this) bilabial. In a third-order isogram, each letter appears three times. These are very rare, unusual words such as deeded ('conveyed by deed'), sestettes (a variant spelling of sextets, and geggee ('victim of a hoax)."
By Hook or By Crook by David Crystal, p 192 Dec 20, 2008
oroboros E.g., ambidextrously. May 23, 2008
ourboldhero A word in which no letter is repeated Jul 25, 2007