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isoflux

isoflux noun: the product obtained by multiplying the flux measurement by the isotopic signature.

Noun

isoflux (plural isofluxes)

  1. The product obtained by multiplying the flux measurement by the isotopic signature.
    • It is even more difficult when one considers that the disequilibrium is spatially variable so that the global isoflux must be properly flux-weighted for the effect of different regions.2001, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, Martin Heimann, Sandy Harrison, Global Biogeochemical Cycles in the Climate System, →ISBN, page 288
    • As the leaf isoflux slowly diminishes, the respiration isoflux, that has lagged photosynthesis due to the slow increase in soil temperature, takes over bringing about a seasonal minimum in late summer/early fall.2006, Heinrich D. Holland, Ralph F. Keeling, Karl K. Turekian, The Atmosphere, →ISBN, page 205

Adjective

isoflux (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a uniform level of flux.
    • The rms of thermal fluctuations at the wall were zero for the isothermal condition and nonzero for the isoflux condition.2008, Juan Guillermo Araya, DNS of Turbulent Wall Bounded Flows with a Passive Scalar, →ISBN, page 13
    • An isoflux antenna can be used to counteract the change of free-space loss throughout an orbital pass to maintain a constant link margin.2010, Rainer Sandau, Hans-Peter Roeser, Arnoldo Valenzuela, Small Satellite Missions for Earth Observation, →ISBN, page 363

Examples of isoflux in a sentence

  • Trends in F_N were mimicked by that of the isoflux, but in the opposite direction, since isoflux is a product of a negative flux and a negative isotopic signature (Fig. 5).2009, Asko Noormets, Phenology of Ecosystem Processes, →ISBN:
  • Asymmetry can also occur if adjacent channel walls are isothermal but at different temperatures or isoflux but dissipating different heat fluxes.2015, Myer Kutz, Mechanical Engineers' Handbook, Volume 4: Energy and Power, →ISBN:

Forms of isoflux

pluralisofluxes

Origin of isoflux

From iso- + flux.

Questions about isoflux

What does isoflux mean?
Isoflux means the product obtained by multiplying the flux measurement by the isotopic signature.
How do you use isoflux in a sentence?
Trends in F_N were mimicked by that of the isoflux, but in the opposite direction, since isoflux is a product of a negative flux and a negative isotopic signature (Fig. 5).
What part of speech is isoflux?
Isoflux can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of isoflux?
The plural of isoflux is isofluxes.

Words near isoflux in the dictionary

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