isobars

isobars
Isopiestic I`so*pi*es"tic, a. [Iso- + Gr. ? to press.] (Thermodynamics) Having equal pressure. [1913 Webster]

{Isopiestic lines}, lines showing, in a diagram, the relations of temperature and volume, when the elastic force is constant; -- called also {isobars}. [1913 Webster]


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