isophote

Examples

• All

• In the study of photography, isophotes help photographers understand the distribution of light within a scene.

• But what do the isophotes look like in gradient space?

• And so let's plot the isophotes in just some random isophotes in those two spaces.

• Astronomers, who check for this effect using contour plots of brightness called isophotes, call the phenomenon "boxy isophotes."

  Academic text (1995)

• The graphic displayed numerous isophotes that illustrated the variations in light intensity across the landscape.

• Researchers used isophotes to demonstrate areas of equal brightness in their radiometric analysis of the satellite images.

Synonyms

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isoline

vsisophote

• Specialized

8.0

A line on a map that joins places with the same height or temperature

connects points of equal light intensity rather than various physical measures

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isometric line

vsisophote

• Specialized

7.2

A line on a map connecting points that have the same value, like temperature or pressure

joins points defined by equal brightness instead of general measured quantities

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isogram

vsisophote

• Specialized

9.9

A line on a map that connects points with the same value, like temperature

marks locations that match in light level rather than numeric measurements generally

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isopleth

vsisophote

• Specialized

9.9

A line on a map that connects places with the same value, like temperature

draws a line based on equal light intensity not environmental variables

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology