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Definition of Isopycnic
1. a. Having equal density, as different regions of a medium; passing through points at which the density is equal; as, an isopycnic line or surface.
2. n. A line or surface passing through those points in a medium, at which the density is the same.
Definition of Isopycnic
1. Adjective. (physics) (''of points on a surface, or in a medium'') having equal densities ¹
2. Noun. A line on a chart connecting points of equal density ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Isopycnic
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Medical Definition of Isopycnic
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Literary usage of Isopycnic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Aviation by Robert Morris Pierce (1911)
"... an isopycnic line; an isopycnic: the inverse of isostere. isopycnal ...
of the air is the same; isopycnal: as, an *isopycnic line. isopycnic ..."
2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"This was accomplished by a lary isopycnic fractionation of rabbit on density ...
Fractions from the preliminary isopycnic separation of cells were analyzed ..."
3. Vector Calculus: With Applications to Physics by James Byrnie Shaw (1922)
"In other words, in equilibrium the iso- baric surfaces, the isopycnic surfaces,
and the isosteric surfaces are geometrically the same. ..."
4. Assessing Microbial Safety of Drinking Water: Improving Approaches and Methods by World Health Organization (2003)
"Meanwhile, sample particles, which are initially distributed throughout the tube,
sediment or float to their isopycnic positions. The target microbes can be ..."
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