Isepiptesis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Isepiptesis is a noun meaning (rare) Alternative form of isopiptesis.
Meaning
(rare) Alternative form of isopiptesis.
Example Sentences
In the past, arrival times of returning migrants plotted on maps, so-called isochronuous lines (isepipteses, isochrones, isophenes) were shown to match more or less specific isotherms (Schüz et al., 1971).
His chief object was to trace what he termed the isepipteses (ισος = æqulis, επιπτῃς = advolatus) or the lines of simultaneous arrival, and in the case of 7 species these are laid down on the maps which accompany his treatise.
Word Forms
- isepipteses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include epiornithic, palaeoendemism, esotropy, isoabnormal, calyptostasy, epioccipital.
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