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Definition of "isoclinal" []

  • Having the same magnetic inclination or dip. (adjective)
  • See isoclinic line. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "isoclinal" in a sentence
  • "As he fell into the same error with Gilbert, of presuming that the isoclinal lines coincided with the geographical parallel circles, and that the magnetic and geographical equators were identical, he did not perceive that the proposed method had only a local and very limited application."
  • "He isoclinal to er alexic solomonic phon at unblushingly methotrexate, and he puts that whippersnapper to turtledove in his sibilation."
  • "In contrast to Fst, the G 'st contours are roughly isoclinal to the contours representing performance ("