isodyn

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounisodyn (plural isodyns)

plural isodyns

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

    Lockheed purposely avoided isodyns and chose to construct maps showing the estimated values of wind power for each station.

    1979, “Synthesis of National Wind Energy Assessments”, in Dorothy J. De Renzo, editor, Wind Power: Recent Developments, page 59
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    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 […]

    1989, J.O. Bockris, B. Dandapani, J.C. Wass, “A Solar Hydrogen Energy System”, in Advances in Solar Energy, page 218

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekδύναμις“power”
  2. Englishisodyn

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

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APA

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Chicago

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