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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 885 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ISOTHERM (Gr. ivos, equal, and %See also:pan, See also:heat)  , a See also:line upon a See also:map connecting places where the temperature is the same at See also:sea-level on the See also:earth's See also:surface . These isothermal lines will be found to vary from. See also:month to month over the two hemispheres, or over See also:local areas, during summer and See also:winter, and their position is modified by See also:continental or oceanic conditions .

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