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isotherm
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun isotherm has 1 sense
- isotherm(n = noun.location) - (meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time; is a part of weather chart, weather map
is a kind of isarithm, isogram, isopleth
Derived form adjective isothermal1
CIDE DICTIONARY
isotherm, n. [Iso- + Gr. heat, fr. hot.].
- A line connecting or marking points on the earth's surface having the same temperature. This may be the temperature for a given time of observation, or the mean temperature for a year or other period. Also, a similar line based on the distribution of temperature in the ocean. [1913 Webster]
- A line on a graph connecting points representing states having the same temperature; an isothermal line. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
isotherm, n.
1 a line on a map connecting places having the same temperature at a given time or on average over a given period.
2 a curve for changes in a physical system at a constant temperature.
1 a line on a map connecting places having the same temperature at a given time or on average over a given period.
2 a curve for changes in a physical system at a constant temperature.
Derivative
isothermal adj. isothermally adv.
Etymology
F isotherme (as ISO-, Gk therme heat)
THESAURUS
isotherm
air mass, anticyclone, cold front, cold sector, cyclone, front, high, high-pressure area, isobar, isometric, isometric line, isopiestic line, isothermal line, low, low-pressure area, occluded front, polar front, squall line, stationary front, warm front, weather map, wind-shift line
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