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Pertaining to, or characterized by, equality of measure.

Having, or indicating, an equal amount of cloudiness for a given period; as, isonephelic regions; an isonephelic line.

The same, or equal, in law or right; one in kind or origin; analogous; similar. Dana.

Equal law or right; equal distribution of rights and privileges; similarity.

The doctrine that the power of therapeutics is equal to that of the causes of disease.

Having equal perimeters of circumferences; as, isoperimetrical figures or bodies.

The science of figures having equal perimeters or boundaries.

Having equal pressure. Isopiestic lines, lines showing, in a diagram, the relations of temperature and volume, when the elastic force is constant; -- called also isobars.

subclass of Gastropoda, in which the body is symmetrical, the right and left sides being equal.

Having the two webs equal in breath; -- said of feathers.

Having equal density, as different regions of a medium; passing through points at which the density is equal; as, an isopycnic line or surface.

Of equal value. Isorropic line (in a diagram) (Geom.), the locus of all the points for which a specified function has a constant value. Newcomb.

Having two legs or sides that are equal; -- said of a triangle.

Subjected to equal pressure from every side; being in hydrostatic equilibrium, as a body submerged in a liquid at rest; pertaining to, or characterized by, isostasy.

Relating to equality of temperature.

A line drawn through points of equal temperature in a vertical section of the ocean.

Of or pertaining to an isothermobath; possessing or indicating equal temperatures in a vertical section, as of the ocean.

Having or indicating, equal tones, or tension. Isotonic system (Mus.), a system consisting of intervals, in which each concord is alike tempered, and in which there are twelve equal semitones.

Having the same properties in all directions; specifically, equally elastic in all directions.

l properties in all directions in a body; absence of all kinds of polarity; specifically, equal elasticity in all directions.