Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

isodyn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: iso-dyn
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An isoline connecting places at which an equal amount of wind power is available near ground level on average.

Example Sentences

"Lockheed purposely avoided isodyns and chose to construct maps showing the estimated values of wind power for each station."
"Values of wind power are given in units of watts per square meter (of rotor swept area), along isodyns, or curves of constant power. These maps indicate only the total wind power available in the wind; the actual wind power extracted by a particular machine will be some fraction […]"

Etymology

From iso- + Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”). Coined by Jack W. Reed in 1975.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: δύναμις

Inflected Forms

isodyns (plural)

Questions

What does isodyn mean?: An isoline connecting places at which an equal amount of wind power is available near ground level on average.
Where does isodyn come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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