ISOTHERM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does isotherm mean? 

• ISOTHERM (noun)
  The noun ISOTHERM has 1 sense:

1. (meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time

  Familiarity information: ISOTHERM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISOTHERM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("isotherm" is a kind of...):

isarithm; isogram; isopleth (a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable)

Domain category:

meteorology (the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather))

Holonyms ("isotherm" is a part of...):

weather chart; weather map ((meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region)

Derivation:

isothermal (of a process or change taking place at constant temperature)