isobaric

[ ahy-suh-bar-ik ]

adjective

1. Meteorology. having or showing equal barometric pressure.
2. Physics, Chemistry. of or relating to isobars.

Word History and Origins

Origin of isobaric¹

First recorded in 1875–80; isobar + -ic

Example Sentences

The rapid southward decrease of pressure, which is so marked a feature of the higher latitudes of the southern hemisphere on the isobaric charts of the world, does not continue all the way to the South Pole.

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The isobaric charts published in the report of the Nansen expedition show that the North Atlantic low-pressure area is more or less well developed in all months.

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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.

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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.

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