isostatic adjective. [ʌɪsǝ(ʊ)'statɪk] L19.
[from ISOSTASY: see -STATIC.]
1. Geology. Pertaining to, produced by, or characterized by isostasy. L19.
■ B. W. Sparks Large ice sheets caused an isostatic depression of the areas they occupied.

2. Performed under or involving conditions in which equal pressure is applied from all directions. M20.

■ isostatically adverb (a) Geology as regards isostasy; by, or as a result of, isostatic forces; (b) by pressure applied equally from all directions: E20.

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