different between isotherm vs chronoisotherm

English

Etymology

From the French isotherme (“of equal temperature”, adjective), itself from Ancient Greek ???? (ísos, “equal”) + ????? (thérm?, “warmth”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?a?.s??????(?)m/

Noun

isotherm (plural isotherms)

1. A line on a graph or chart, such as a weather map, along which all the points have the same temperature.

Derived terms

• isothermal

Related terms

• isothermality
• isothermic

Translations

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Anagrams

• Homerist, moithers, shoterim, theorism, thiomers

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

isotherm (not comparable)

1. isothermic
2. isothermal

Declension

Further reading

• “isotherm” in Duden online

English

Etymology

chrono- +? isotherm

Noun

chronoisotherm (plural chronoisotherms)

1. A temporal isotherm

Derived terms

• chronoisothermal

Translations