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isometric [ˌaɪsəʊˈmɛtrɪk] adj also isometrical 1. having equal dimensions or measurements 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) Physiol of or relating to muscular contraction that does not produce shortening of the muscle 3. (Physics / General Physics) (of a crystal or system of crystallization) having three mutually perpendicular equal axes 4. (Chemistry) Crystallog another word for cubic [4] 5. (Literature / Poetry) Prosody having or made up of regular feet 6. (Engineering / General Engineering) (of a method of projecting a drawing in three dimensions) having the three axes equally inclined and all lines drawn to scale n 1. (Engineering / General Engineering) Also called isometric drawing a drawing made in this way 2. (Physics / General Physics) Also called isometric line a line on a graph showing variations of pressure with temperature at constant volume [from Greek isometria (see iso- + -metry) + -ic] isometrically adv
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Translations isometric [ˌaɪsəʊˈmɛtrɪk] adj (Math, Geog, Poetry) → isometrico/a isometric [ˌaɪsəʊˈmɛtrɪk] adj (Math, Geog, Poetry) → isometrico/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In the valley beneath lay the city they had just left, its more prominent buildings showing as in an isometric drawing--among them the broad cathedral tower, with its Norman windows and immense length of aisle and nave, the spires of St Thomas's, the pinnacled tower of the College, and, more to the right, the tower and gables of the ancient hospice, where to this day the pilgrim may receive his dole of bread and ale. |
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