noun Download 🔗Share A line connecting isometric points. Examples : "On the weather map, the isometric clearly showed the area where the temperature was exactly 20 degrees Celsius. " math point technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Of, or exhibiting equality in dimensions. Examples : "The art teacher asked us to draw the building in an isometric projection, so all the sides appeared to be the same length in our drawing, even though they weren't in real life. " math technical science figure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Of, or being a geometric system of three equal axes lying at right angles to each other (especially in crystallography). Examples : "The crystallographer identified the mineral as having an isometric structure, meaning its crystal axes were all equal in length and met at 90-degree angles. " technical science math physics structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle remains the same. See also: Wikipedia:isometric exercise Examples : "Holding a plank is an isometric exercise because your muscles are engaged, but their length doesn't change. " physiology medicine sport body anatomy science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a thermodynamic process) Taking place at constant volume because of being confined by rigid boundaries. Examples : "Because the thick steel walls of the pressure cooker prevent it from expanding, the heating process inside is essentially an isometric one. " physics energy technical science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading