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i·so·gloss    Audio Help   [ahy-suh-glos, -glaws] Pronunciation Key
–noun
(in the study of the geographical distribution of dialects) a line on a map marking the limits of an area within which a feature of speech occurs, as the use of a particular word or pronunciation.

[Origin: < G (1892); see iso-, gloss2]

i·so·glos·sal, adjective
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i·so·gloss    Audio Help   (ī'sə-glôs', -glŏs')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A geographic boundary line delimiting the area in which a given linguistic feature occurs.


[iso- + Greek glōssa, language, tongue.]

i'so·gloss'al adj.
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