adjective
- occurring or existing at constant pressure
- relating to or denoting lines on a map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure
Usage: technical; used in physics, chemistry, and meteorology
Usage: meteorology
Examples
- An isobaric process in thermodynamics occurs when a gas expands or contracts while maintaining constant pressure.
- Weather forecasters use isobaric maps to identify high-pressure and low-pressure systems.
- The isobaric heating of air near the equator drives global wind patterns.
- In an isobaric expansion, the volume of a gas increases as temperature increases.
- Isobaric lines on a weather map help meteorologists predict storm movement.