isochore

Meanings

1. In general, a place or position with relevant parameters matching other places, as in having the same pressure, chemistry, population etc. Even within a single discipline the parameter might vary according to convenience e.g. in physics alone it might refer to velocity, volume, gravity, and many more. cf. contour, isopleth.
2. A line drawn on a graph showing the variation of the pressure of a constant volume of gas as it varies with temperature.
3. A contour showing points of equal vertical thickness of strata; equal to an isopach if strata are horizontal.
4. A sequence of DNA that has a reasonably constant proportion of pairs of guanine and cytosine bases, and is rich in genes.

Etymology

From iso- + Ancient Greek χώρα (khṓra, “place”).

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