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ISOBAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("isobar" is a kind of...):
isarithm; isogram; isopleth (a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable)
Domain category:
meteorology (the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather))
Holonyms ("isobar" is a part of...):
weather chart; weather map ((meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region)