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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Isobar \I"so*bar\, n. [Iso- + Gr. ? weight.] (Phys. Geog.)
   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. [Written
   also isobare.]
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Isobar:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

air mass, anticyclone, artificial isotope, cold front, cold sector, cyclone, deuterium, front, heavy hydrogen, high, high-pressure area, isomer, isometric, isometric line, isopiestic line, isotherm, isothermal line, isotone, isotope, low, low-pressure area, nuclear isomer, occluded front, polar front, protium, radioactive isotope, radioisotope, squall line, stationary front, strontium 90, warm front, weather map, wind-shift line

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