isobar
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
isobar
n 1: (meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal
barometric pressure at a given time
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Isobar \I"so*bar\, n. [Iso- + Gr. ? weight.] (Phys. Geog.)
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. [Written
also {isobare}.]
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "isobar":
air mass, anticyclone, artificial isotope, cold front, cold sector,
cyclone, deuterium, front, heavy hydrogen, high,
high-pressure area, isomer, isometric, isometric line,
isopiestic line, isotherm, isothermal line, isotone, isotope, low,
low-pressure area, nuclear isomer, occluded front, polar front,
protium, radioactive isotope, radioisotope, squall line,
stationary front, strontium 90, warm front, weather map,
wind-shift line
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