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isostatically, adv.|aɪsəʊˈstætɪkəlɪ|
[f. prec.: see -ically.]
a. Geol. As regards isostasy; by, or as a result of, isostatic forces.
1901Geogr. Jrnl. XVIII. 517 The elevation of the land caused an ice-sheet to form gradually over it until the surface was depressed, isostatically, by the weight of accumulated ice. 1924J. G. A. Skerl tr. Wegener's Orig. Continents & Oceans xi. 160 It [sc. the map] shows us immediately the mass-defect under mountain chains through which the latter are isostatically compensated. 1957G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 8 The rebound of the southern part of the recently deglaciated Scandinavia, which rose isostatically more rapidly than the post-glacial eustatic rise in sea level. 1960New Scientist 19 May 1278/3 Considerable local departures from isostatic equilibrium are known, but an area forming a considerable fraction of a continent is in general found to be isostatically compensated. 1969Nature 21 June 1120/1 Continents and continental margins respond isostatically to pressure variations of ten bars or less.
b. By (means of) pressure applied equally from all directions.
1960Times Rev. Industry Feb. 24/2 Silicon nitride..powder may be formed to the required shape by..slip casting, or pressing either in steel dies, or isostatically in a thin walled rubber sac. 1972McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. & Technol. 332/2 The table shows a comparison of some of the properties achieved by hot isostatically pressed alloys compared to those of cast products of the same composition. |