Isopiestic \I`so*pi*es"tic\, a. [Iso- + Gr. ? to press.]
(Thermodynamics)
Having equal pressure.
Isopiestic lines, lines showing, in a diagram, the
relations of temperature and volume, when the elastic
force is constant; -- called also isobars.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |