Isosoma 
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issuably 
of different continents; an imiiln rmnl chart. 
Also isiithermoiiH. isothermal coordinates, see 
coordinate. Isothermal line, an isotherm. Isother- , 
mal zones, spaces on opposite sides of the equator hav- ISplua (is P'-uaJi n. 
Ing the same mean temperature, and bounded by coin 
sponding isothermal lines. 
II. H. Aii isothermal line ; an isotherm. 
[<Gr. 
northwestern India. These wed* are grayish-pink 
Isosoma (i-s6-s6'iuii), . [XL., <Gr. lotou/ax, of the geographical distribution of temperature: ispaghul-seed (is 'pa-gul-sed), w. [K I.,d | 
like- body,'< io-ori equal, + ouua, body.] 1. as, an iwthen,,,,! lin.-; the isothermal relations The seed ..l Plottage bpoftato, a native of 
. - it _ _1!A J. i.: _*._. . .,. Jl> jiKMi'd liwf 11 /-ii-f li UL'nut Jtftl Imllft TliAflA anaila m*vlah.ninlr 
A genus ot hymenopteroui uueoti oi toe fam- 
ily t'lttitciilitlir and subfamily l-:i-i/t<imin<i', con- 
taining plant-feeding forms furnishing nn ex- 
coption to the rule in this parasitic family. /. 
hiii-i/n is known as thti joiiit-irorm Jl;/. II "'/.' '', 
Isii'J. 2. A genus of Elnteruike or click-beetles, 
containing one species, /. elateroules, from the isothermobath (i-so-ther'ino-bath), . [ 
Caucasus. Menctrics, 18:!2. loof, equal, + Oipinf, heat, +' /3<i<tof, depth.] A 
Isospondyli (i-so-spon'di-li), n. pi. [NL., pi. line drawn through points of equal temperature 
otisonpniidyliis:'seeisospondylous.] An order in a vertical section of the ocean. Sir C. ll'y- 
oi pliysostomous fishes with no precoracoid v ille Thomson, 1876. 
arch, the scapular arch suspended to the era- isothermous (i-so-ther'mus), a. Same as iso- 
nium, a symplectic bone, the pterotic and an- ///<;//. 
ti'iior vertebra simple, and the parietals sep- isotherombrose (i"s6-the-rom'br6s), o. [<Gr. 
ed by the supraoccipital. The order in- ioof, equal, + Oinof, summer, + 6ftf)po(, 
arated ... , .... 
dudes most malacopterygian fishes. E. D. see imbricate.] 
<'"l", 1870. an equal amount 
isospondylous (i-so-spon'di-lus), a. [< NL. lines connecting places on the surface of the 
isosponilylus, < Gr. iaof, equal, + aitvviv'JM;, ver- globe where this condition exists, 
tebra.] Having the characters of the ISOSJIOH- Isotoma (i-sot'6-mft), . [NL.,<Gr. ioof, equal, 
dyli; pertaining to the IsoKi>ondyli. 
(i'so-spor), . [< Gr. loot, equal, + 
_ v ^ f , [NL. (Gesuer, 1555), appar. 
Tm'prop. for h ix/'"'". < !-< hispidus, rough, shaggy : 
see hispid.] If. One of sundry slender-billed 
birds, especially the kingfisher or halcyon and 
the bee-eater or apiaster. 2. The technical 
specific name of the small kingfisher of Europe, 
Alcedo ispida. 3. [cap.] A genus of kingfish- 
ers, equivalent to the modern family Alt' 
da; variously restricted by subsequent authors, 
and now disused. lirisson, 1760. 
ispravnik (is-prav'nik), . [Kuss. ispravniku 
(see def.), < ispravnutt, exact, correct; cf. - 
enof, summer, + oitppof, rain: ,, rat ./ua,correct,repair,exercise(afunction).] 
Ivpliys.geog., characterized by Tne cnief poUco officer of a Russian uyezd or 
t of rainfall in summer ; noting ^^j district, and the presiding judge of the dis- 
trict police court. His duties are partly judicial and 
partly executive, and in some parts of the empire, particu- 
larly in the remoter parts, his powers are virtually those of 
+ roue, a i cutting, ^.Teaveiv, raueiv, cut.] 1. In a local governor. 
entom. I (a) A genus of beetles of the family La- I-?py (i'spi' ), [**>. called from the exclama- 
re li BU-IHJrj. H. |\ VII. uuv, OUUMj i t'JIWTft,. IBJ aWHUUBUl UCC L1CO UJ. Hue LOIUI.I jr x>w- -r* * * / ,u-*.n\ tit /*J 
, a seed: see spore.] 1. An isosporous griida;, containing a few South American spe- tion of ^the , seeker ("it"), "/ spy" (So-and-so), 
,-* *- ,_A f. il_ _ *. _jil wliail ho HlOAAVAVB n MiniUMI lllnVPr.l A Ctlll- 
j .-. . 
plant. 2. As employed by Kostafmski, the 
same as aygosperm. 
Isosporia (i-so-spo'ri-S,), n. pi. [NL. (Baker), 
< Gr. loot, equal, -r- airopd, a seed.] A series 
of vascular cryptogamous plants, including the 
Filices, Equisetacea, and Lycopodiacece, in which 
the spores are said to be all of one kind. Later 
investigation has shown that this classification is incorrect, 
since there are both isosporous (homosporuus) and heteros- 
porous Pilices, Equisetacece, and Lycopodiacece. See homos- 
poroua. 
isosporous (i-sos'po-rus), a. [< Gr. toof, equal, 
when he discovers a hidden player.] A chil- 
dren's game, the same as hide-and-seek. Also, 
with unoriginal aspiration, hi-xpy, hy-spy. 
O, the curly-headed varlets ! I must come to play at 
Blind Harry and lly-Spy with them. 
Scott, Ouy Mannering, Iviii. 
+ amipa, a seed: see spore.] Same as homos- i so tome (i' so-torn), n. [< Gr. Iooc, equal, + 
porous 
isostatic (1-so-stat'ik), a. [< Gr. laof t equal, 
+ araTMOf, stable.] lu hydrostatic equilibrium 
from equality of pressure. Thus, the earth's crust 
is conceived to be formed of elementary conical prisms of 
equal weight, and hence the crust is isostatic, or in an iso- 
static condition. 
iSOStemonOUS (i-so-stem'o-nus), a. [< Gr. ioof, ^ _ 
equal, + arr/fiuv, a stamen.] In but., having iaotomoilS (i-sot'o-mus), a. [<inotome + -ous.] 
the stamens equal in number to the sepals or Qf or pertaining' to an isotome: as, isotomous 
petals, or to the ground-plan of the flower. segments of a man, horse, and bird. Coues. 
isostemony (i-so-stem'o-ni), n. [As isostemo- i so t on ic (I-so-ton'ik), a. [< Gr. Mrovof, having 
nous + -y.] The state or condition of being iso- 6 q ua i accent (or tone), < loot, equal, + 
stemonous. * ---' "-- 
isotely (i'so-tel-i), n. [< Gr. loortfata, equality 
of tax and tribute, < ioorr/jfa, paying alike, < loot;, 
equal, + r^Aof, tax, tribute.] In ancient Ath- 
cies. Blanchard, 1845. (6) A genus of thysan- 
urous insects, of which /. arborea is the typical 
form. There are a number of other species. 
Bourlet, 1839. 2. In bot., a genus of herba- 
ceous plants of the natural order Lobeliacea: 
The flowers are axillary, with a nearly regular salver- 
shaped corolla ; the tube is very long and slender, and only Israelite (iz'ra-el-It), . [< LL. Israellta, USU- 
slightly split or not at all ; and the stamens arc inserted a u y j u p i Israelite, < Gr. 'lapat/).i-nif. a descen- 
toward the top. About 9 species are known, of which the ~i t ,, T=rool < 'TVimWU < TToh Israel larnpl 
most noteworthy is /. Imwflora, called by the Spanish da . ut of Israel, < 
orig. another name of Jacob, then a collective 
name for the Jews.] A descendant of Israel 
or Jacob; one of "the children of Israel"; 
a Hebrew; a Jew. Israelite* was the name of the 
whole people of Israel down to the death of Saul, when it 
came to be restricted to those northern tribes who re- 
belled against David, and more definitely applied to the 
ten tribes that set up a separate monarchy on the death of 
Solomon. After the captivity the name again came to be 
rthy i /. Imunfara, 
Americans reeenta de cavaMos, because fatal to horses. It 
acts upon the human system as a violent cathartic, with 
fatal results. 
ii, a cutting, < ri/iveiv, rafulv, cut.] 
an imaginary line drawn through the same joint, 
or between the same segments, of the same 
limb in different animals, to indicate those seg- 
ments which are homologous. Thus, the tiblotar- 
sal Isotome passes through the ankle-joint of man, the hock 
of a horse, and the lower end of the tibia of a bird. Couet, 
1884. See \tamere. 
tone, accent: see tone.] Having or indicating 
equal tones Isotonlc system or temperament, in 
music, the system of equal temperament. See tempera- 
^ ^ aga 
the appellation 'ot the reunited branches of the nation, but 
was gradually supplanted by the term Jew, especially 
among foreigners. 
The Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that 
tune, . . . even they also turned to be with the Israelites 
that were with Saul and Jonathan. 1 Sam. xiv. 21. 
I also am an ItraelUe, of the seed of "Abraham, of the 
tribe of Benjamin. Rom. xi 1. 
New Israelite, a member of a certain English sect : same 
aa.Sc/uMcottuin. 
Israelitic (iz"ra-e-lit'ik), a. [< LL. Ixraeliticux, 
< Inraelita, Israelite : see Israelite.] Pertaining 
to the Israelites; Jewish; Hebrew. 
These books give us a fairly trustworthy account of /- 
raeiitu; life and thought in the times which they cover. 
Uuxley, Nineteenth Century, XIX. 347. 
ens, equality" before the law with citizens, isotrope (1'so-trop), a. [< Gr. iooc, equal, + 
granted to an alien; immunity from the disad- rpoirii, a turning, < rpeiretv, turn.] Same as tso- 
vantages of alienage. tropic. 
The two brothers returned to Athens. . . . Though not isotroplc (i-so-trop ik), a. [As isotrope + -if. l srae ljtish (iz'ra-e-li'tish), a. [< Israelite + 
possessing the right of citizenship, they possessed the Cf. tropic.] 1. Having the same properties m _,-^i i Belonging to the Israelites; of the Jew- 
wotely. whiton. Notes on Lysias, p. 52. tt u directions: said of a medium witn respect ^ j ee 
isotheral (i'so-ther-al), a. [< isothere + -al.] to elasticity, conduction of heat or electricity, And ^ ^ of an ImelaM w whoge father W1I 
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of an iso- or radiation of heat and light. Thus, all cry8tall!ie<l ^ Egvp tj an went out among the children of Israel 
there; indicating the distribution of summer substances belonging to the isometric system are uotropic Lev. xxiv. 10. 
temperature by means of isotheres: as, an iso- wlth re P ect to heat "> d "" . isset . ,- 
theral chart ; Ltheral lines. . The direction of .propagation of a plane wave in an unl- j 
isothere (i'so-ther), n. [< Gr. loof, equal, + 
Oipof, summer.] An imaginary line over the 
earth's surface passing through points which 
have the same mean summer temperature, 
isotherm (i'so-therm), n. [< Gr. loof, equal, + 
Bepfo/, heat.] A lino connecting points on the 
earth's surface having the same mean tempera- 
ture. Such a line may be either an imaginary one or 
one actually drawn on a map or chart of the region em- 
braced by the observations. When the term uothenn 
is used without qualification, or when it is not otherwise 
A Middle English form of issue. 
cy, 
hen a spherical portion of it, tested by _., , 
', exhibits no difference in quality however it is turned. 
W. Thornton, Encyc. Brit, VII. 804. 
2. Having equal, common, or non-specific de- 
velopmental capacity. 
The conclusion (ls| that the nervous system, and corre- 
spondingly other organs, may develop from any portion 
of the egg-substance in short, that the egg is uotrnpic. 
Encyc. Brit., XX. 416. 
necessarily understood from the context, the mean of the isotrOpOUS (i-sot'ro-pus), a. [As isotrope + 
year, or, moreproperly of a long seriesof years, is intend- ^-i g ame ag i so iropic. 
ed. The isotherm of the winter months is sometimes des- 
ignated as the isochimal or itochimenal; that of the sum- In a previous note . . . theauthorst 
mer months as the itotheral. 
isothermal (i-so-ther'mal), a. and n. [< Gr. 
io-of, equal, + eepwhe&t (see isotherm), + -!.] isotropy (i'so-tro-pi), n. 
I. a. Of the same degree of heat; of the same 
temperature; iu phys. geog., pertaining to or 
connected with the cooling of a homogeneous and itotro- 
ptna solid body. Suture, XXXIX. 239. 
sotropy (i'so-tro-pi), n. [As isotrope + -y.] 
The state or property of being isotropic. 
There is involved no assumption as to the homogeneity issuable (ish'6-a-bl), a. f< issue + -able.] 
marking equality' of temperature ; exhibiting or fcotrcw of the dielectric medium. Capable of issuing, or liable to be issued. 2. 
PMo*** Mag.,jxvi. * pertaining to an issue or issues ; that 
S?K^^aS& "*" ' r WWCh -*-^ i? ^ing taken upon it ; in which 
A family of homopterous insects, typified by 
the genus Issus. It contains thickset robust bugs, many 
of which are rough, resembling bits of bark-, and thus ex- 
hibit protective mimicry. They are widely distributed in 
temperate and tropical countries, and are classified under 
about 50 genera and more than 200 species. 
Issidioromys (is'i-di-or'o-mis), n. [NL., sup- 
posed to be an error for * Isidoromys, < L. Isidorus, 
a man's name (referring to Isidore Geoffrey St. 
Hilaire), + Gr. pi>c = E. mouse.] A notable ge- 
nus of fossil myomorphic rodents from the Eu- 
ropean Tertiary, referred to the family Therido- 
myida;, having rootless molars whose crowns 
are divided into cordate lobes by ree'ntering 
enamel-folds. Croi;et, 1840. 
1. 
isotype (i'so-tip), n. [< Gr. io-ortwof, shaped 
alike (having the same type), < roc, equal (par- 
allel), + rim-oc, type, form.] In zoogeog., a form 
common to two or more countries : applied to 
representatives of the same genus or family oc- 
curring in different countries. T. Gill, Smith- 
sonian Report, 1881, p. 460. 
isotypic (i-so-tip'ik), a. [< isotype + -ic.] Hav- 
ing the character of an isotype. 
isozodid (i-so-zp'oid), n. [< Gr. loof, equal, + 
?<Miiil.~\ In :ofil., the opposite of allozoitid. 
issues are made up: as, an isgimWe plea; an *- 
suable term. 
For now the course Is, to make the sheriff's venire re- 
turnable on the last return of the same term wherein Is- 
sue Is joined, viz. Hilary or Trinity terms : which, from 
the making up of the issues therein, are usually called u- 
tuablc terms. BladnUme, Com., III. xxiii. 
Issuable plea, a plea upon which' a plaintiff may take Is- 
sue and go to trial upon the merits, 
issuably (ish'o-a-bli), adv. In an issuable man- 
ner; so as to raise an issue on the merits : as, 
"pleading issuably," Burrill. 
