Chapter Islamitic to Isopathy of I by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Isodynamic
(I`so*dy*nam"ic) a. [Iso- + dynamic.] Of, pertaining to, having, or denoting, equality of force.

Isodynamic foods (Physiol.), those foods that produce a similar amount of heat. — Isodynamic lines (Magnetism), lines on the earth's surface connecting places at which the magnetic intensity is the same.

Isodynamous
(I`so*dy"na*mous) a. [Gr. . See Isodynamic.] Of equal force or size.

Isogeotherm
(I`so*ge"o*therm) n. [Iso- + Gr. gh^ the earth + qe`rmh heat.] (Phys. Geog.) A line or curved surface passing beneath the earth's surface through points having the same mean temperature.

Isogeothermal
(I`so*ge`o*ther"mal I`so*ge`o*ther"mic) a. Pertaining to, having the nature of, or marking, isogeotherms; as, an isogeothermal line or surface; as isogeothermal chart. — n. An isogeotherm.

Isogonic
(I`so*gon"ic) a. [Iso- + Gr. gwni`a angle.] Pertaining to, or noting, equal angles.

Isogonic lines (Magnetism), lines traced on the surface of the globe, or upon a chart, connecting places at which the deviation of the magnetic needle from the meridian or true north is the same.

Isogonic
(I`so*gon"ic), a. (Zoöl.) Characterized by isogonism.

Isogonism
(I*sog"o*nism) n. [Iso- + Gr. offspring, generative parts.] (Zoöl.) The quality of having similar sexual zooids or gonophores and dissimilar hydrants; — said of certain hydroids.

Isographic
(I`so*graph"ic) a. Of or pertaining to isography.

Isography
(I*sog"ra*phy) n. [Iso- + -graphy.] Imitation of another's handwriting.

Isohyetose
(I`so*hy"e*tose`) a. [Iso- + Gr. "yeto`s rain.] (Phys. Geog.) Of or pertaining to lines connecting places on the earth's surface which have a mean annual rainfall. — n. An isohyetose line.

Isolable
(I"so*la*ble) a. [See Isolate.] (Chem.) Capable of being isolated, or of being obtained in a pure state; as, gold is isolable.

Isolate
(I"so*late) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Isolated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Isolating ] [It. isolato, p. p. of isolare to isolate, fr. isola island, L. insula. See 2d Isle, and cf. Insulate.]

1. To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others.

Short isolated sentences were the mode in which ancient wisdom delighted to convey its precepts.

Bp. Warburton.

2. (Elec.) To insulate. See Insulate.

3. (Chem.) To separate from all foreign substances; to make pure; to obtain in a free state.

Isolated
(I"so*la`ted) a. Placed or standing alone; detached; separated from others.

Isolated point of a curve. (Geom.) See Acnode.

Isolatedly
(I"so*la`ted*ly) adv. In an isolated manner.

Isolation
(I`so*la"tion) n. [Cf. F. isolation.] The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness. Milman.

Isolator
(I"so*la`tor) (i"so*la`ter or is"o*la`ter), n. One who, or that which, isolates.