isochronal

[ ahy-sok-ruh-nl ]

adjective

1. equal or uniform in time.
2. performed in equal intervals of time.
3. characterized by motions or vibrations of equal duration.

isochronal

/ aɪˈsɒkrənəl /

adjective

1. having the same duration; equal in time
2. occurring at equal time intervals; having a uniform period of vibration or oscillation

Derived Forms

• iˈsochronally, adverb
• iˈsochroˌnism, noun

Other Words From

• i·sochro·nal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of isochronal¹

1670–80; < New Latin isochron ( us ) (< Greek isóchronos equal in age or time; iso-, chron- ) + -al ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of isochronal¹

C17: from New Latin isochronus, from Greek isokhronos, from iso- + khronos time

Example Sentences

His enquiries into evolutes enabled him to prove that the evolute of a cycloid was an equal cycloid, and by utilizing this property he constructed the isochronal pendulum generally known as the cycloidal pendulum.

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It is often supposed that hairsprings having exactly even coils are correct for close position and isochronal rating.

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In 1639 Galileo, then old and blind, dictated to his son one of his books in which he discussed the isochronal properties of oscillating bodies, and their adaptation as time measures.

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He chewed slowly, conscientiously and continuously on tobacco which bulged in his cheek; his jaws, moving as steadily as a pendulum swings, seemed to set the time for the isochronal whistle-blast.

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There was something indescribably grim and bodeful in those isochronal batterings of the solid ground.

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