isobar
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When we ran out of ways to tart up the lowly isobar, we went off-planet.
From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2018
The center of the nearby low-pressure system has a barometric pressure of 994 millibars, which is marked by an isobar and underlined.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, Mr. Tighe, you can see from the map that the barometric pressure, the isobar, running through this part of the country shows a barometric pressure of 30.30.
From The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
If a line were drawn through all points on the surface of the earth having an equal barometric pressure at the same time, such a line would be called an isobar.
From General Science by Clark, Bertha M.
The weather has been variable, with cryptoconchoidal deflections of a solid reverberating isobar previously tested in a solution of zinc and soda-water.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 19, 1890 by Various
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Physical Geography - High School
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Earth Science - Middle School
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