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  • English Word Isohyetose Definition Of or pertaining to lines connecting places on the earth's surface which have a mean annual rainfall.
  • English Word Isohyetose Definition An isohyetose line.
  • English Word Isolable Definition Capable of being isolated, or of being obtained in a pure state; as, gold is isolable.
  • English Word Isolate Definition To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others.
  • English Word Isolate Definition To insulate. See Insulate.
  • English Word Isolate Definition To separate from all foreign substances; to make pure; to obtain in a free state.
  • English Word Isolated Definition of Isolate
  • English Word Isolated Definition Placed or standing alone; detached; separated from others.
  • English Word Isolatedly Definition In an isolated manner.
  • English Word Isolating Definition of Isolate
  • English Word Isolation Definition The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness.
  • English Word Isolator Definition One who, or that which, isolates.
  • English Word Isologous Definition Having similar proportions, similar relations, or similar differences of composition; -- said specifically of groups or series which differ by a constant difference; as, ethane, ethylene, and acetylene, or their analogous compounds, form an isologous series.
  • English Word Isomer Definition A body or compound which is isomeric with another body or compound; a member of an isomeric series.
  • English Word Isomeric Definition Having the same percentage composition; -- said of two or more different substances which contain the same ingredients in the same proportions by weight, often used with with. Specif.: (a) Polymeric; i. e., having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight, but with different molecular weights; as, acetylene and benzine are isomeric (polymeric) with each other in this sense. See Polymeric. (b) Metameric; i. e., having the same elements united in the same proportions by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but which a different structure or arrangement of the ultimate parts; as, ethyl alcohol and methyl ether are isomeric (metameric) with each other in this sense. See Metameric.
  • English Word Isomeride Definition An isomer.
  • English Word Isomerism Definition The state, quality, or relation, of two or more isomeric substances.
  • English Word Isomeromorphism Definition Isomorphism between substances that are isomeric.
  • English Word Isometric Definition Alt. of Isometrical
  • English Word Isometrical Definition Pertaining to, or characterized by, equality of measure.
  • English Word Isometrical Definition Noting, or conforming to, that system of crystallization in which the three axes are of equal length and at right angles to each other; monometric; regular; cubic. Cf. Crystallization.
  • English Word Isomorph Definition A substance which is similar to another in crystalline form and composition.
  • English Word Isomorphic Definition Isomorphous.
  • English Word Isomorphism Definition A similarity of crystalline form between substances of similar composition, as between the sulphates of barium (BaSO4) and strontium (SrSO4). It is sometimes extended to include similarity of form between substances of unlike composition, which is more properly called homoeomorphism.
  • English Word Isomorphous Definition Having the quality of isomorphism.
  • English Word Isonandra Definition A genus of sapotaceous trees of India. Isonandra Gutta is the principal source of gutta-percha.
  • English Word Isonephelic Definition Having, or indicating, an equal amount of cloudiness for a given period; as, isonephelic regions; an isonephelic line.
  • English Word Isonicotine Definition A crystalline, nitrogenous base, C10H14N2, isomeric with nicotine.
  • English Word Isonicotinic Definition Pertaining to, or derived from, isonicotine.
  • English Word Isonicotinic Definition Pertaining to, or designating, an acid isomeric with nicotinic acid.