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isopycnic

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isopycnic [¦ī·sō¦pik·nik]
(meteorology)
A line on a chart connecting all points of equal or constant density.
(physics)
Of equal or constant density, with respect to either space or time.


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When the sedimentation coefficients of then-known viruses were plotted against their isopycnic banding densities, nearly all viruses fell into an otherwise essentially vacant area in the center of the plot, surrounded at higher or lower density and higher or lower sedimentation coefficients by various subcellular organelles and macromolecules.
 
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