See Also: soralium(dictionary)

isometric (iou) and soralium (iou)


isometric (iou)



isometric adjective & noun. M19.
[from Greek isometria equality of measure, formed as ISO- + -METRY: see -IC.]
A. adjective.
Of equal measure or dimensions. M19.
Drawing. Designating a method of projection or perspective in which the three principal dimensions are represented by three axes 120 apart, with all measurements on the same scale, used in technical and architectural drawing. M19.
Crystallography. = CUBIC adjective 2b. M19.
Physiology. Of, pertaining to, or designating muscular action in which tension is developed without contraction of the muscle. L19.
Physics. Relating to, or taking place under, conditions of constant volume. L19.
Biology. Of growth: maintaining constant proportions with increase in size. M20.
Math. That is an isometry; related by an isometry. Foll. by to. M20.
b. noun.
Physics. A line in a diagram that corresponds to or represents states of equal volume. L19.
In pl. A system of stationary physical exercises in which muscles are caused to act isometrically against one another or against an unyielding object. M20.

soralium (iou)



soralium noun. . E20.
[mod. Latin, formed as SORAL + -IUM.]
Botany. A swollen area of a lichen thallus in which soredia occur.