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Indicating equal barometric pressure.

Having the several diameters nearly equal; -- said of the cells of ordinary parenchyma.

zation in which the three axes are of equal length and at right angles to each other; monometric; regular; cubic. Cf. Crystallization. Isometric lines (Thermodynamics), lines representing in a diagram the relations of pressure and temperature in a gas, when the volume remains constant. -- Isometrical perspective. See…

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

The science of figures having equal perimeters or boundaries.

An integrating wattmeter for measuring the energy in joules expended in an electric circuit or developed by a machine.

Same as Cathetometer.

or work done, being the amount expended in raising one kilogram through the height of one meter, in the latitude of Paris.

A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3,280.8 feet, or 62137 of a mile.

. An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery. McElrath.

Destiny; fate. [Written also kismat.] [Oriental]

See Clinometer.

A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head.

See Labidometer.

An instrument for determining the amount of butter fat contained in a given sample of milk.

A form of hydrometer, specially graduated, for finding the density of milk, and thus discovering whether it has been mixed with water or some of the cream has been removed.

An instrument for estimating the purity or richness of milk, as a measuring glass, a specific gravity bulb, or other apparatus.

Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass. De Colange.

See Logarithmic.

Logarithmically.