isotherm
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Etymology edit
From the French isotherme (“of equal temperature”, adjective), itself from Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) + θέρμη (thérmē, “warmth”).
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isotherm (plural isotherms)
- A line on a graph or chart, such as a weather map, along which all the points have the same temperature.
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line representing equal temperature
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References edit
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
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isotherm f (plural isothermen)
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isotherm (strong nominative masculine singular isothermer, not comparable)
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Positive forms of isotherm (uncomparable)