Definitions for isotherm

isotherm i·so·therm

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

Isotherm is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 453 anagrams from letters in isotherm (ehimorst).

Definitions for isotherm

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 isotherm

First recorded in 1855-60; back formation from isothermal

Examples for isotherm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for isotherm
Scrable

13

Words with friends

13

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