isobar
Meaningequal weight
Common meaning: a line of equal pressure on a map
- isoequal, alikeLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 711 · scan
- barweight (Greek baros)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek ἴσος ‘equal, alike’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry ἴσος, p. 711 · dictionary scan
Roots
- ἴσος Greek “equal, alike”
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