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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) isobar
a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.

Etymology: (1860–65; < Gk isobarēs of equal weight)

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1. (noun) isobar
(meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time

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1. (noun) isobar
a line connecting or marking places upon the surface of the earth where height of the barometer reduced to sea level is the same either at a given time, or for a certain period (mean height), as for a year; an isopiestic line

2. (noun) isobar
the quality or state of being equal in weight, especially in atmospheric pressure. Also, the theory, method, or application of isobaric science

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