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i⋅soch⋅ro⋅nal

   [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.
Origin:
1670–80; < NL isochron(us) (< Gk isóchronos equal in age or time; see iso-, chron- ) + -al 1
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i·soch·ro·nal     (ī-sŏk'rə-nəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Equal in duration.
  2. Characterized by or occurring at equal intervals of time.


[From New Latin īsochronus, from Greek īsokhronos : īso-, iso- + khronos, time.]

i·soch'ro·nal·ly adv., i·soch'ro·nism n.
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isochronal

adjective
equal in duration or interval; "the oscillations were isochronal" 

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Isochronal

I*soch"ro*nal\, a. [See Isochronous.] Uniform in time; of equal time; performed in equal times; recurring at regular intervals; isochronal vibrations or oscillations.

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