isotherombrose

English

Etymology

From iso- +‎ Ancient Greek θέρος (théros, “summer”) + Ancient Greek ὄμβρος (ómbros, “rain, rainstorm”) +‎ -ose.

Noun

isotherombrose (plural isotherombroses)

1. (geography) An isoline connecting points on the Earth's surface that have the same mean summer rainfall.
   • 1850, Alexander Keith Johnson, The Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena: Reduced from the Edition in Imperial Folio for the Use of Colleges, Academies and Families, page 61:

     The curve or isotherombrose of 0—that is, the line in the vicinity of which it never rains in summer—passes through the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, as well as through Syria, and does not touch Europe.

Related terms

• isothere