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Definition of Isobar

1. Noun. (meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.

Definition of Isobar

1. 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.

Definition of Isobar

1. Noun. (meteorology) A line drawn on a map or chart connecting places of equal or constant pressure. ¹

2. Noun. (context: nuclear physics) Either of two nuclides of different elements having the same mass number. ¹

3. Noun. (context: thermodynamics) A set of points or conditions at constant pressure. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Isobar

1. a type of atom [n -S] : ISOBARIC [adj] - See also: atom

Medical Definition of Isobar

1. The quality or state of being equal in weight, especially in atmospheric pressure. Also, the theory, method, or application of isobaric science. 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. Alternative forms: isobare. Origin: Iso- + Gr. Weight. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Isobar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"15 by isobar of 30 '10 inches, within which pressure is everywhere lesi than ... This region includes an area of still lower pressure within the isobar of ..."

2. Weather: A Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to Day by Ralph Abercromby (1887)
"Wedge-shaped isobar prognostics. east, as marked by the symbols on the diagram. In practice the gradients are never steep, so the force of the wind rarely ..."

3. Practical Exercises in Physical Geography by William Morris Davis (1908)
"Such a line is called an isobaric line, or isobar. Why ? 3. Draw full black lines in :« 1 ... Draw in similar form but smaller size the isobar of 30.4. 5. ..."

4. Physiography by Rollin D. Salisbury (1919)
"The isobar of 30.6, in the eastern part of the United States, is a closed line. On. cither side of it is the isobar of 30.5. Since the pressure rises as the ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"15 by isobar of 30 '10 inches, within which pressure is everywhere lesi than ... This region includes an area of still lower pressure within the isobar of ..."

6. Weather: A Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to Day by Ralph Abercromby (1887)
"Wedge-shaped isobar prognostics. east, as marked by the symbols on the diagram. In practice the gradients are never steep, so the force of the wind rarely ..."

7. Practical Exercises in Physical Geography by William Morris Davis (1908)
"Such a line is called an isobaric line, or isobar. Why ? 3. Draw full black lines in :« 1 ... Draw in similar form but smaller size the isobar of 30.4. 5. ..."

8. Physiography by Rollin D. Salisbury (1919)
"The isobar of 30.6, in the eastern part of the United States, is a closed line. On. cither side of it is the isobar of 30.5. Since the pressure rises as the ..."

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