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n. - (meteorology) an imaginary line connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.

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  • Too many low pressure systems with closely packed isobars are stubbornly sitting in our path.
  • I call it “isotropic platting” after the “isobar”.
  • I took a quick glance at the barograph, and at the isobar chart of the day before.
  • The marine component includes the open sea between these islands up to limit of the isobar of 40 m depth.
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