Isobar

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure. Also called isopiestic.
  • n. Any of two or more kinds of atoms having the same atomic mass but different atomic numbers.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A line drawn on a map or chart connecting places of equal or constant pressure.
  • n. Either of two nuclides of different elements having the same mass number.
  • n. A set of points or conditions at constant pressure.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A line connecting or marking places upon the surface of the earth where height of the barometer reduced to sea level is the same either at a given time, or for a certain period (mean height), as for a year; an isopiestic line.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In physical geography, a line connecting places on the surface of the globe at which the barometric pressure is the same.
  • n. In thermodynamics, a line or curve determined by the equation of state (pv = RT) of a system when p has any constant value; a line of equal pressures.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    isopleth    isogram    isarithm   
    Cross Reference
    isotone    isochore    isotherm    isopleth    isobaric    adiabat    isotope   
    Variant
    isobare