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ISABNORMAL (or ISANOMALOUS) LINES

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 860 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ISABNORMAL (or ISANOMALOUS) LINES , in See also:physical geo- graphy, lines upon a See also:map or See also:chart connecting places having an abnormal temperature. Each See also:place has, theoretically, a proper temperature due to its See also:latitude, and modified by its configuration. Its mean temperature for a particular See also:period is decided by observation and called its normal temperature. Isabnormal lines may be used to denote the See also:variations due to warm winds or currents, See also:great altitudes or depressions, or great See also:land masses as compared with See also:sea. Or they may be used to indicate the abnormal result of See also:weather observations made in an See also:area such as the See also:British Isles for a particular period.

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