Definition of Isochore

1. Noun. (physics) A line drawn on a pressure / volume / temperature graph through all points having the same value of the volume ¹

2. Noun. (geology) A contour showing points of equal vertical thickness of strata; equal to an isopach if strata are horizontal ¹

3. Noun. (genetics) A sequence of DNA that has a reasonably constant proportion of pairs of guanine and cytosine bases, and is rich in genes ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Isochore

1. a curve used to show a relationship between pressure and temperature [n -S]

Medical Definition of Isochore

1. Long stretches of GC or at rich sequences of DNA associated with R and G chromosome bands respectively. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isochore

isocellular
isocephalism
isoceraunic
isocetane
isochasm
isochasmic
isochasms
isocheim
isocheims
isochemical
isochime
isochimene
isochimenes
isochimes
isochor
isochore (current term)
isochores
isochoric
isochors
isochromane
isochromanequinone
isochromanequinone reductase
isochromanes
isochromatic
isochromatophil
isochromic anaemia
isochromosome
isochromosomes
isochron
isochronal

Literary usage of Isochore

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Experimental and Theoretical Applications of Thermodynamics to Chemistry by Walther Nernst (1907)
"... REACTION isochore Q = RT*?^^ (tL IN the following discussion, the influence of the temperature upon the heat of reaction is of the greatest importance. ..."

2. Experimental and Theoretical Applications of Thermodynamics to Chemistry by Walther Nernst (1907)
"... isochore Q = RT>^^ IN the following discussion, the influence of the temperature upon the heat of reaction is of the greatest importance. ..."

3. A System of Physical Chemistry by William Cudmore McCullagh Lewis, James Rice (1920)
"As an illustration of the use of the isochore in solution, we may now proceed with the Sixth Method of determining molecular weight. ..."

4. Principles of Oil and Gas Production by Roswell Hill Johnson, Louis Grow Huntley (1916)
"gence sheet by means of isobaths showing the lines of equal intend (isochore). This is drawn upon transparent tracing paper to the same scale as the map ..."

5. Principles of Oil and Gas Production by Roswell Hill Johnson, Louis Grow Huntley (1916)
"Where an isochore on the convergence sheet crosses over an isobath, the elevation of the oil sand above or below sea level (or other datum ..."

6. Principles of Oil and Gas Production by Roswell Hill Johnson, Louis Grow Huntley (1916)
"gence sheet by means of isobaths showing the lines .of equal interval (isochore). This is drawn upon transparent tracing paper to the same scale as the map ..."

7. Field Methods in Petroleum Geology by Guy Henry Cox (1921)
"(1) Stratigraphic interval, the vertical distance between two strata. This may vary from point to point. See convergence, isochore, and ..."

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