等温

等溫
děngwēn
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 of equal temperature; isothermal; isothermic

Examples

HSK 5
Zhège guòchéng shì děngwēn de, wēndù bǎochí bù biàn.
This process is isothermal - the temperature remains constant.
HSK 6
Děngwēn xiàn 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 等- prefix forms a productive 'iso-' family: 等压 (isobaric), 等容 (isochoric), 等高 (contour-line, equal-elevation).

Stroke Order

等 děng
温 wēn