isothermal
Americanadjective
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(of a process or change) taking place at constant temperature
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of or relating to an isotherm
noun
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Relating to or indicating equal or constant temperatures.
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Relating to a process, usually changes of pressure and volume, occurring at a constant temperature and following Boyle's Law.
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Relating to an isotherm.
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Origin of isothermal
1820–30; < French isotherme isothermal (< Greek iso- iso- + thérmē heat) + -al 1
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"Knowledge of Bernoulli's law, the ideal gas law, and isothermal expansion are the three ingredients we baked into a model to explore how this device worked," Lipscombe said.
From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2024
"But when it's in that isothermal layer... between the surface and 180 metres... the sound behaves really quite straight."
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2023
Heat transfer Qc occurs out of the working substance during the isothermal path CD, which takes place at constant temperature Tc .
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Some thermodynamic processes, including isothermal and adiabatic processes, are reversible in theory; that is, both the thermodynamic system and the environment can be returned to their initial states.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Take, for example, the isothermal line of 0 or zero—that is, the line where the mean or average height of the thermometer for the year is at zero.
From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden
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