| isobar [`ī·sǝ´bär] METEOROLOGY A line drawn through all points of equal atmospheric pressure along a given reference surface, such as a constant-height surface (notably mean sea level on surface charts), an isentropic surface, or the vertical plan of a synoptic cross section. NUCLEAR PHYSICS One of two or more nuclides having the same number of nucleons in their nuclei but differing in their atomic numbers and chemical properties. PHYSICS 1. A line connecting points of equal pressure along a given surface in a physical system. 2. A line connecting points of equal pressure on a graph plotting thermodynamic variables. |