different between isogonic vs agonic

English

Etymology

From isogon +? -ic.

Adjective

isogonic (comparative more isogonic, superlative most isogonic)

1. (cartography, navigation) Describing imaginary lines connecting points on the Earth's surface of identical magnetic declination.

   Synonym: isogonal

2. (geometry) Having equal angles.

   Synonym: isogonal

3. (zoology) Exhibiting, or relating to, isogonism.

Related terms

• isogonic line
• agonic line

Translations

Noun

isogonic (plural isogonics)

1. (cartography, navigation) A line connecting points on the Earth's surface whose magnetic declination is identical.

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ??- (a-, “the alpha privativum, a prefix forming words having a sense opposite to the word or stem to which it is attached”) + ????? (g?nía, “angle”) +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????n?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /????nik/
• Rhymes: -?n?k
• Hyphenation: agon?ic

Adjective

agonic (not comparable)

1. (geometry) Lacking an angle.
2. (cartography, navigation) Having a magnetic deviation of zero.
3. Synonym of agonal

Derived terms

• agonic line

Related terms

• isogonic
• isogonic line

Translations

Noun

agonic (plural agonics)

1. Synonym of agonic line.

Further reading

• contour line on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French agonique (“possessing or filled with agony; agonous”), from agonie (“the moment just before death”) + -ique (“suffix forming adjectives from nouns”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-kos (“suffix forming adjectives denoting ‘the characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to’”)). Agonie is ultimately derived from Ancient Greek ?????? (ag?ní?, “agony, anguish”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?- (“to drive”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?æ??nik/
• Hyphenation: agon?ic

Adjective

agonic (not comparable)

1. Characterized by agony.
2. (psychology) Of a mode of social interaction based on threats, displays of power, or inducements of anxiety.

   Antonym: hedonic
3. (medicine, obsolete) Occurring shortly before death; agonal.

Derived terms

• agonically
• agonical

Related terms

Anagrams

• Gaonic