isobar

Example Sentences

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Its pressure isobars are spaced far apart; there is little wind speed.

From New York Times

When we ran out of ways to tart up the lowly isobar, we went off-planet.

From Washington Post

He was recognised for his Scottish accent and known for his exuberance and ceaseless enthusiasm for anticyclones, warm fronts and isobars during his career.

From BBC

Lewis’ songs alternate between lush, melodramatic duets and grand ensemble numbers with overlapping vocals, and his lyrics rely heavily on meteorological jargon as metaphor — never before have isobars been referenced in so many songs.

From Seattle Times

Steel wall charts were made onto which magnetic rubber symbols could be attached - triangles for showers, round dots for rain, flexible snaking black lines to create isobars.

From BBC