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- noun Plural form of
isotherm .
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Examples
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"Geographic shifts in temperature bands, known as isotherms, in the sea have outpaced those observed on land," William J. Sydeman, one of the report's authors, said in a press release.
NYT > Home Page By FELICITY BARRINGER 2011
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During the past thirty years the lines marking the regions in which a given average temperature prevails ( "isotherms") have been moving poleward at a rate of about thirty-five miles per decade.
The Threat to the Planet Hansen, Jim 2006
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The dotted lines are called 'isotherms' and they follow the lines of places having the same temperature.
The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918
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Given the probability that the severity of today's weather is a result of global climate change, we must anticipate that weird weather will continue, ranging from the slow strangulation of drought and shifting isotherms to the rapid trauma of floods, hurricanes, tornados and wildfires.
William S. Becker: Can We Handle Nature's New Norm? (Part 3) William S. Becker 2011
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Given the probability that the severity of today's weather is a result of global climate change, we must anticipate that weird weather will continue, ranging from the slow strangulation of drought and shifting isotherms to the rapid trauma of floods, hurricanes, tornados and wildfires.
William S. Becker: Can We Handle Nature's New Norm? (Part 3) William S. Becker 2011
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In these the isotherms for every second degree are drawn in broken lines.
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This state of things is clearly apparent in the sections, where the isotherms and isohalins run vertically for some way below the surface.
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These undulating curves of the isotherms and isohalins are familiar to us in the Norwegian Sea, where they have been shown in most sections taken in recent years.
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According to Bliss and Matveyeva [5], zonal communities south of the arctic boundary near the mean July isotherms of 10 to 12 °C consist of taiga (i.e., the northern edge of the boreal forest).
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We see from the sections how nearly the isotherms and isohalins follow each other.
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