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isthmus
/ˈɪs.məs/
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“The road crosses a narrow isthmus between two bays.”
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Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does isthmus mean?
noun
- A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.
- Any such narrow part connecting two larger structures.
- An edge in a graph whose deletion increases the number of connected components of the graph.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɪs.məs/
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He also discusses, among other similar questions, the Isthmus of Panama with regard to its having once been a strait.
This appeared Tobe the only resource, but with my limited means it was like a ship-canal across the Isthmus of Panama.
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The tops of the waves could be seen flying over Anchor Rock, seventy feet high, and spray was blowing right across the isthmus.
The gray layer is connected with the posterior portion of the brain, the isthmus or medulla oblongata, by the white nerve tissue.