Isothermal

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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or indicating equal or constant temperatures.
  • adjective. Of or designating changes of pressure and volume at constant temperature.
  • adjective. Of or relating to an isotherm.
  • noun. An isotherm.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of the same degree of heat; of the same temperature; in physical geography, pertaining to or marking equality of temperature; exhibiting the geographical distribution of temperature: as, an isothermal line; the isothermal relations of different continents; an isothermal chart. Also isothermous.
  • noun. An isothermal line; an isotherm.
  • In crystallography, applied to the lines on a crystal face, or more generally to the surfaces in a crystal, which measure the rate of heat-conductivity, these lines or surfaces being characterized by equal degrees of temperature when heat is applied at a certain point.
  • noun. In thermodynamics, a line or curve determined by the equation of state (pv = RT) of a system, when T has any constant value; a line of equal temperatures.
  • noun. In spectrophotometry, a curve showing the distribution of intensities in the spectrum of a source of light maintained at constant temperature. Also called isotherm.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Relating to equality of temperature, or an isotherm.
  • adjective. Having reference to the geographical distribution of temperature, as exhibited by means of isotherms
  • adjective. A line drawn on a diagram of energy such that its ordinates represent the pressures of a substance corresponding to various volumes, while the absolute temperature is maintained at a constant value.
  • adjective. spaces on opposite sides of the equator having the same mean temperature, and bounded by corresponding isothermal lines.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to a process that takes place at constant temperature
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to an isotherm
  • noun. An isotherm
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. of a process or change taking place at constant temperature
  • Word Usage
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