Definitions for isotherms

isotherms i·so·therm

Spelling: [ahy-suh-thurm]
IPA: /ˈaɪ səˌθɜrm/

Isotherms is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 557 anagrams from letters in isotherms (ehimorsst).

Definitions for isotherms

noun

  1. Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
  2. Also called isothermal line. Physics. a curve on which every point represents the same temperature.

Origin of isotherms

First recorded in 1855-60; back formation from isothermal

Examples for isotherms

On a second blank weather map draw an isotherm through your station inclined from northwest to southeast.

isotherm, a compound of two Greek words meaning equal temperature, is the name given in meteorology to such lines as this.

Draw an isotherm east and west across the map, through your station.

Beyond the isotherm of 50 for the warmest month forest trees and cereals do not grow.

Draw through your station an isotherm inclined from northeast to southwest.

The southern limit of its distribution approximates the isotherm of forty-five degrees.

The January isotherm of 15 F. skirts its northern shore; that of 40 crosses its southern border.

This is shown by the isotherm for -4.5, which surrounds the point Q, the melting point of the ternary salt.

The scale must, however, be laid perpendicularly to the isotherm, as before.

The polar limits of the temperate zones are fixed by the isotherm of 50 for the warmest month.

Word Value for isotherms
Scrable

13

Words with friends

13

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