isobaric
Americanadjective
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Meteorology. having or showing equal barometric pressure.
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Physics, Chemistry. of or relating to isobars.
adjective
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Also: isopiestic. having equal atmospheric pressure
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of or relating to isobars
Etymology
Origin of isobaric
Example Sentences
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Figure 15.10 An isobaric expansion of a gas requires heat transfer to keep the pressure constant.
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Figure 15.11 A graph of pressure versus volume for a constant-pressure, or isobaric, process, such as the one shown in Figure 15.10.
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Is the same true for isobaric and isochoric processes?
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Among them are the isobaric, isochoric, isothermal and adiabatic processes.
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The isobaric and wind charts show that on the whole the winds blow out from the inner polar basin, especially in winter and spring.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
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