isallobar

[ ahy-sal-uh-bahr ]

nounMeteorology.
  1. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal pressure changes.

Origin of isallobar

1
1910–15; is- + allo- + Greek báros “weight” (see isobar)

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British Dictionary definitions for isallobar

isallobar

/ (aɪˈsæləˌbɑː) /


noun
  1. meteorol a line on a map running through places experiencing equal pressure changes

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Scientific definitions for isallobar

isallobar

[ ī-sălə-bär′ ]


  1. A line on a weather map connecting places having equal changes in atmospheric pressure within a given period of time. Isallobars measure pressure tendency, a value that describes both the difference in barometric pressure at the beginning and end of a given time period as well as the pattern-falling, rising, or steady-of pressure change.

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