isostatic

[ ahy-suh-stat-ik ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characterized by isostasy.

Other Words From

• iso·stati·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of isostatic¹

First recorded in 1885–90; iso- + static

Example Sentences

It’s an effect called the isostatic rebound.

From BBC

“Mount Everest and its neighbouring peaks are growing because the isostatic rebound is raising them up faster than erosion is wearing them down,” fellow co-author of the study Dr Matthew Fox told the BBC.

From BBC

The Justice Department also unsealed a separate criminal case accusing a Chinese national of conspiring to transmit isostatic graphite, a material that can be used in the nose of intercontinental ballistics, to Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions.

From Washington Times

The isostatic response to the other two processes is thought to be sufficiently prompt to keep pace, and therefore is usually not questioned in this debate.

From Nature

On the basis of observations of topography and glacier distribution, this model postulates that glacial erosion, in concert with isostatic uplift, keeps mountain heights at about the elevation of the climate-controlled snowline, regardless of the tectonic force at work2.

From Nature