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isobar

isobar noun: a line drawn on a map or chart connecting places of equal or constant pressure.

isobar: a line drawn on a map or chart connecting places of equal or constant pressure
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Noun

isobar (plural isobars)

  1. A line drawn on a map or chart connecting places of equal or constant pressure.
  2. A set of points or conditions at constant pressure.
  3. (nuclear physics) Either of two nuclides of different elements having the same mass number.

isobar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Tagalog

isobar in Hindi

line on a map connecting places of equal pressure
समदाब रेखा samdāb rekhā
either of two nuclides
समभारिक sambhārik

isobar in Tamil

சமச்சீரி, சமபாரம், சம அழுத்தக் கோடு, சமஅழுத்தக்கோடு, சம அழுத்தக்கோடு, ஒத்த அழுத்தக் கோடு

isobar in Urdu

ہم فشار

isobar in Tagalog

line on a map connecting places of equal pressure
guhit ng kadiin
(thermodynamics) set of points at constant pressure
kadiin
either of two nuclides
kadiin
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isobar in Indonesian
isobar

Forms of isobar

pluralisobars
alternative form (obsolete)isobare

Origin of isobar

From Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) + βάρος (báros, “weight”), equivalent to iso- + bar-.

Words formed from isobar

Questions about isobar

What does isobar mean?
Isobar means a line drawn on a map or chart connecting places of equal or constant pressure.
What is isobar in Hindi?
Isobar in Hindi is समदाब रेखा (samdāb rekhā), समभारिक (sambhārik). See Isobar meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is isobar?
Isobar is a noun.
What is the plural of isobar?
The plural of isobar is isobars.

Words near isobar in the dictionary

  1. isoattenuation
  2. isoazimuthal
  3. isoazimuthals
  4. isobacteriochlorin
  5. isobacteriochlorins
  6. isobar
  7. isobarbaloin
  8. isobare
  9. isobares
  10. isobaric
  11. isobaric heating

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: isobar (page history and authors); isobar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); isobar (Urdu Wiktionary) (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.

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