等温

等溫
děngwēn
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 of equal temperature; isothermal; isothermic

Examples

Zhège guòchéng shì děngwēn de, wēndù bǎochí bùbiàn.
This process is isothermal — the temperature remains constant.
Děngwēnxiàn zài dìtú shàng liánjiē wēndù xiāngtóng de dìdiǎn.
Isotherms on a map connect points with the same temperature.

Tips

usage
Mostly seen in compounds: 等温过程 (isothermal process, thermodynamics), 等温线 (isotherm, meteorology / cartography), 等温吸附 (isothermal adsorption, chemistry). The - prefix forms a productive 'iso-' family: (isobaric), (isochoric), (contour-line, equal-elevation).

Stroke Order

děng
wēn