isallobar
isallobar noun: a line joining points of equal pressure change during a specific time interval, especially over three hours.
Noun
isallobar (plural isallobars)
- A line joining points of equal pressure change during a specific time interval, especially over three hours.
- Seasonal variations of atmospheric pressure are illustrated by the isallobaric chart […] which gives the differences between mean pressure in July–August, and in January–February. The position of the isallobars on this chart is largely indicative of the role of monsoonal factors […]1965, L. V. Kool', “The pressure field of the Atlantic trade-wind belt and its changes with height”, in Oceanology, volume 5, numbers 4-6, page 35
- Successive values of pressure provide figures for the barometric tendency, permitting the plotting of isallobars […] This is called tendency analysis.1977, Edward Linacre, John E. Hobbs, Ann McGrath, The Australian climatic environment, page 153
Forms of isallobar
| plural | isallobars |
|---|
Origin of isallobar
From is- + allo- + bar.
Words formed from isallobar
Questions about isallobar
- What does isallobar mean?
- Isallobar means a line joining points of equal pressure change during a specific time interval, especially over three hours.
- What part of speech is isallobar?
- Isallobar is a noun.
- What is the plural of isallobar?
- The plural of isallobar is isallobars.
Words near isallobar in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: isallobar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “isallobar.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/isallobar. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.