Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A diagram exhibiting a family of curves for the purpose of showing a relation between three variables.
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- noun A
word orphrase in which eachletter occurs the same number of times - noun A
line on a chart, such as acontour line , joining points that have the samevalue for somequantity
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- noun a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable
Etymologies
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Portmanteau of isolated and pangram.
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ourboldhero commented on the word isogram
A word in which no letter is repeated
July 25, 2007
oroboros commented on the word isogram
E.g., ambidextrously.
May 24, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word isogram
David Crystal says that an isogram isn't necessarily a word in which no letter is repeated, but a letter in which the letters have the same frequency. "But to the ludic linguist, Wilmcote is a first-order isogram, or heterogram. Not a very interesting one, admittedly, but a first-order isogram nonetheless.
An isogram is a word in which the letters turn up an equal number of times. In a first-order isogram, each letter appears just once: dialogue is an example. In a second-order isogram, each letter appears twice: deed is an example. Longer examples are hard to find: they include Vivienne, Caucasus, intestines, and (important for a phonetician to know this) bilabial. In a third-order isogram, each letter appears three times. These are very rare, unusual words such as deeded ('conveyed by deed'), sestettes (a variant spelling of sextets, and geggee ('victim of a hoax)."
By Hook or By Crook by David Crystal, p 192
December 20, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word isogram
David Crystal says that an isogram isn't necessarily a word in which no letter is repeated, but a letter in which the letters have the same frequency. "But to the ludic linguist, Wilmcote is a first-order isogram, or heterogram. Not a very interesting one, admittedly, but a first-order isogram nonetheless.
An isogram is a word in which the letters turn up an equal number of times. In a first-order isogram, each letter appears just once: dialogue is an example. In a second-order isogram, each letter appears twice: deed is an example. Longer examples are hard to find: they include Vivienne, Caucasus, intestines, and (important for a phonetician to know this) bilabial. In a third-order isogram, each letter appears three times. These are very rare, unusual words such as deeded ('conveyed by deed'), sestettes (a variant spelling of sextets), and geggee ('victim of a hoax)."
By Hook or By Crook by David Crystal, p 192
December 20, 2008