English Explanatory Dictionary

allobar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any form of an element having a different isotopic composition to that of the natural element, and thus a different atomic weight.
  2. An area where the atmospheric pressure changes.

Word forms

allobar allobars

Etymology

From allo- + bar. According to Alfred J. Henry, the meteorology sense was coined in Swedish by Nils Gustaf Ekholm.

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