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isothermal

or ··ٳ·

[ ahy-suh-thur-muhl ]

adjective

  1. occurring at constant temperature.
  2. pertaining to an isotherm.


noun

  1. Meteorology. an isotherm.

isothermal

/ ˌɪəʊˈθɜːə /

adjective

  1. (of a process or change) taking place at constant temperature
  2. of or relating to an isotherm
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. another word for isotherm
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

isothermal

/ ī′sə-ٳûə /

  1. Relating to or indicating equal or constant temperatures.
  2. Relating to a process, usually changes of pressure and volume, occurring at a constant temperature and following Boyle's Law.
  3. Relating to an isotherm.
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈٳ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ȴ·ٳm· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of isothermal1

1820–30; < French isotherme isothermal (< Greek iso- iso- + ٳéŧ heat) + -al 1
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"Knowledge of Bernoulli's law, the ideal gas law, and isothermal expansion are the three ingredients we baked into a model to explore how this device worked," Lipscombe said.

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"But when it's in that isothermal layer... between the surface and 180 metres... the sound behaves really quite straight."

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The pilot will also make use of “LAMP”, or loop mediated isothermal amplification, which the government described as a new type of testing technology able to deliver significant volumes of tests.

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But there’s another approach to gene-based testing, called isothermal amplification, which is simpler and can work at a fixed temperature.

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The authors provided evidence that darobactin and BamA bind to each other directly, using a technique called isothermal titration calorimetry, which measures the heat changes associated with physical interactions between molecules.

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