isobath

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noun

an imaginary line or one drawn on a map connecting all points of equal depth below the surface of a body of water.

a similar line for indicating the depth below the surface of the earth of an aquifer or the top of the water table.

Origin:
1885–90; < Greek isobathḗs of equal depth. See iso-, batho-

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isobath (ˈaɪsəʊˌbæθ)

—n
	a line on a map connecting points of equal underwater depth

[C19: from Greek isobathēs of equal depth, from iso- + bathos depth]

iso'bathic

—*adj*

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