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Isobaric

Isobaric \I`so*bar"ic\, a. (Phys. Geog.) Denoting equal pressure; as, an isobaric line; specifically, of or pertaining to isobars.

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isobaric

a. 1 having the same pressures, masses, or densities 2 (context physics English) (''of a thermodynamic process'') having a constant pressure throughout

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Isobaric

Isobaric (meaning of the same weight or pressure) may refer to:

  • In thermodynamics, an isobaric process, i.e., one that is carried out at constant pressure;
  • In mass spectrometry, ions with the same mass, e.g., isobaric peptides, namely peptides with the same molecular weight
  • In mass spectrometry, ions with the same nominal mass isobar (nuclide) but differing exact masses, e.g. N2, CO, C2H4
  • Isobaric speakers have a speaker design where two drive units are mounted in tandem usually made with subwoofers.

Usage examples of "isobaric".

Weather charts of the Grand Banks for the early hours of October 30th show isobaric lines converging in one black mass on the north side of the storm.

A storm with tightly packed isobaric lines is said to have a steep pressure gradient, and the wind will rush downhill, as it were, with particular violence.

Connington was the pseudonym of Alfred Walter Stewart (1880-1947), a lecturer on physical chemistry and radioactivity, who became the first scientist to recognise the existence of isobaric atoms: hence Sir Clinton's knowledge of science and medicine.

This in a measure accounted for the slight thickness of ice and snow, for the isobaric lines would slope, and consequently what wind there was would flow towards the interior of the archipelago, whose surface was colder than the surrounding ocean.