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isobaric.

Adjective
Sci-FiSettingTechnical
MEANING

1. At constant pressure, or having equal pressure.

2. Relating to nuclides that have the same mass number but different proton numbers.

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  • isobaric process
  • isobaric heating

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The chamber underwent isobaric heating while its volume changed.
She checked that the proposed process was genuinely isobaric.

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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Relational technical adjective; comparative and superlative normally not used. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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