allobar
allobar noun: any form of an element having a different isotopic composition to that of the natural element, and thus a different atomic weight.
Noun
allobar (plural allobars)
- Any form of an element having a different isotopic composition to that of the natural element, and thus a different atomic weight.
- An area where the atmospheric pressure changes.
- Highlighted in Alfred Henry's 1916 manual, Weather Forecasting in the United States, pressure-change charts have their own terminology, with allobar describing an area where the barometric pressure has changed by 0.1 inch or more in 12 hours[…]1999, Mark Monmonier, Air Apparent: How Meteorologists Learned to Map, Predict, and Dramatize Weather, page 82
allobar meaning in Tamil
allobar in Tamil
- மாற்று ஓரிடத் தனிமம், மாற்று கருவி அழுத்தம்
Forms of allobar
| plural | allobars |
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Origin of allobar
From allo- + bar. According to Alfred J. Henry, the meteorology sense was coined in Swedish by Nils Gustaf Ekholm.
Questions about allobar
- What does allobar mean?
- Allobar means any form of an element having a different isotopic composition to that of the natural element, and thus a different atomic weight.
- What is allobar in Tamil?
- Allobar in Tamil is மாற்று ஓரிடத் தனிமம், மாற்று கருவி அழுத்தம். See Allobar meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is allobar?
- Allobar is a noun.
- What is the plural of allobar?
- The plural of allobar is allobars.
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