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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isothermal \I`so*ther"mal\, a. [Cf. F. isotherme.]
a Relating to equality of temperature.
b (Phys. Geog.) Having reference to the geographical
distribution of temperature, as exhibited by means of
isotherms; as an isothermal line an isothermal chart.
{Isothermal line}.
a An isotherm.
b A line drawn on a diagram of energy such that its
ordinates represent the pressures of a substance
corresponding to various volumes, while the absolute
temperature is maintained at a constant value.
{Isothermal zones}, spaces on opposite sides of the equator
having the same mean temperature, and bounded by
corresponding isothermal lines.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
isothermal
adj : of a process or change taking place at constant temperature
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