isoclinal

Other forms of isoclinal

plural

isoclinals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about isoclinal

What does isoclinal mean?

isoclinal means "an isogram connecting points of equal magnetic inclination". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in isoclinal?

isoclinal has 4 syllables: i-so-cli-nal. The stress falls on "so".

What is another word for isoclinal?

Close synonyms include isoclinic line, isoclinic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is isoclinal a common word?

isoclinal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.