Meaning

3 senses
  1. A line drawn on a map or chart connecting places of equal or constant pressure.

    Isobare

    изоба́раizobára

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

  2. A set of points or conditions at constant pressure.

  3. Either of two nuclides of different elements having the same mass number.

    Isobar

    изоба́рizobár

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
line on a map connecting places of equal pressure:
either of two nuclides:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
line on a map connecting places of equal pressure:
either of two nuclides:

Origin

From Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) + βάρος (báros, “weight”), equivalent to iso- + ba

From Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) + βάρος (báros, “weight”), equivalent to iso- + bar-.

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Forms

plural: isobars
Singularisobar
Pluralisobars

regular

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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