ISOBATH


Meaning of ISOBATH in English

/uy"seuh bath'/ , n.

1. an imaginary line or one drawn on a map connecting all points of equal depth below the surface of a body of water.

2. a similar line for indicating the depth below the surface of the earth of an aquifer or the top of the water table.

[ 1885-90; isobathés of equal depth. See ISO-, BATHO- ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .