isoclinic line

noun

iso·​clin·​ic line

variants or less commonly isoclinic

: a line on a map or chart joining points on the earth's surface at which a dip needle has the same inclination to the plumb line compare aclinic line

Word History

Etymology

isoclinic International Scientific Vocabulary is- + -clinic

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