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Isobar

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Noun

1. isobar

(meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Isobar

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noun
1. 
a line on a map connecting places of equal atmospheric pressure, usually reduced to sea level for purposes of comparison, at a given time or period
2. physics
any of two or more atoms that have the same mass number but different atomic numbers
tin-115 and indium-115 are isobars
Compare isotope

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Isobar

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noun
1. 
a line on a map connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given reference altitude, commonly sea level, over a given period or at a given time
2. 
any atom that has the same atomic weight (or mass number) as another atom but a different atomic number, as carbon-14 and nitrogen-14

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Isobar

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n.
1. A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure. Also called isopiestic.
2. Any of two or more kinds of atoms having the same atomic mass but different atomic numbers.

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