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isophotal

Meaning of "isophotal" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ISOPHOTAL

ˈaɪsəʊˌfəʊtəl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ISOPHOTAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Isophotal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ISOPHOTAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of isophotal in the English dictionary

The definition of isophotal in the dictionary is relating to an isophote or isophotes, or to a diagram on which isophotes or represented.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ISOPHOTAL

anecdotal · antidotal · dotal · holophotal · notal · pronotal · retotal · rotal · sacerdotal · sclerotal · scrotal · subtotal · teetotal · total

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ISOPHOTAL

isopach · isopachyte · isoperimeter · isoperimetrical · isoperimetry · isophone · isophote · isopiestic · isopiestically · isopleth · isoplethic · isopluvial · isopod · isopodan · isopodous · isopolity · isoprenaline · isoprene · isoprenoid · isopropyl

WORDS THAT END LIKE ISOPHOTAL

capital · crotal · crystal · dental · dicrotal · digital · environmental · experimental · extradotal · fundamental · grand total · horizontal · hospital · incremental · mental · metal · pivotal · running total · sum total · uprootal

Synonyms and antonyms of isophotal in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «isophotal» into 25 languages

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ISOPHOTAL»

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Astronomical Photometry: A Guide
Consequently, Eq. (1.39) cannot be valid. It is, of course, possible to find, for every observation, a particular wavelength where monochromatic measurements would reproduce the heterochromatic data. The isophotal wavelength X\ is precisely ...
C. Sterken, J. Manfroid, 1992
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Galaxies: Interactions and Induced Star Formation: Saas-Fee ...
Fourth, in most E galaxies the isophotal ellipticity changes as a function of radius. It can increase, decrease, or vary irregularly with increasing radius (Liller 1961; King 1978; Jedrzejewski 1987a; Franx et al. 1989a; and many since).
R. C. Kennicutt, F. Schweizer, J.E. Barnes, 1998
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Galactic Astronomy
2.3.6 Surface brightness and isophotal radii To this point we have been concerned with total brightnesses and luminosities. Galaxies, unlike most stars, are resolved objects, so that in addition to measuring the total radiative flux from a galaxy, ...
James Binney, Michael Merrifield, 1998
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The High Altitude Observatory Isophotal Contour Densitometer
Because of the limitations for this work of other contouring methods the staff of the High Altitude Observatory has sought to develop a new type photometer capable of analyzing films from motion picture sequences fast enough for the problem ...
Fred E. Fowler, Donald S. Johnson, Donald E. Billings, 1952
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Morphological and Physical Classification of Galaxies: ...
THE ORIGIN OF STRONG ISOPHOTAL TWISTS IN ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES1 J.-L. Nieto and Ch. Lagoute Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees Toulouse, France Strong isophotal twists in elliptical galaxies have been one of the major clues to our ...
Osservatorio astronomico di Capodimonte. International Workshop, G. Longo, Massimo Capaccioli, 1992
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Studies of the Structure and Evolution of the Intracluster ...
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 Figure 4.13 — Constraints on Om and £l\ from fitting the angular diameter distances determined from isophotal sizes. The thick and thin contours mark the boundaries of the 1 and 2a confidence regions, respectively.
Timothy Brian O'Hara, 2007
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Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Bulges (IAU S245)
Star. formation. history. and. isophotal. shapes. of. fossil. central. galaxies. Habib G. Khosroshahi1 f and Louisa A. Nolan1 'School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK email: ...
International Astronomical Union. Symposium, Martin Bureau, E. Athanassoula, 2008
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Chaos in Astronomy: Conference 2007
We show that disc mergers alone are unlikely to form a boxy-discy dichotomy in isophotal shape, because of the survival of disc-like orbits even in violent mergers. The shape of the different orbit families can vary strongly, depending on how ...
G. Contopoulos, P. A. Patsis, 2009
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To Measure the Sky: An Introduction to Observational Astronomy
10.5 (a) Effective wavelengths for two different sources in the same band. The solid curves apply to a hot source, and the dotted curves apply to a cool source with the same magnitude in the band. (b) Definition of the isophotal wavelength: the ...
Frederick R. Chromey, 2010
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The Deep Universe: Saas-Fee Advanced Course 23. Lecture ...
Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy A.R. Sandage R.G. Kron, M.S. Longair, Bruno Binggeli, Roland Buser. due to the decrease in the surface brightness by the (1 + z)4 factor. The ratio of metric to isophotal diameter as a function of ...
A.R. Sandage, R.G. Kron, M.S. Longair, 1995

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ISOPHOTAL»

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A runaway collision in a young star cluster as the origin of the …
19) into account, that within the observed isophotal magnitude B25 approximately 16'' ( approx 5.6 kpc) and adopting M/LB proportional to ... «Nature.com, Nov 07»
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