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Powell had drawn an isohyet, a line connecting areas that experience equal volumes of annual rainfall.—
Johnforristerross,
Longreads,
2 July 2018
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary is- + Greek hyetos rain, from hyein to rain; probably akin to Tocharian B swese rain