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isochronal

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i⋅soch⋅ro⋅nal

  [ahy-sok-ruh-nl]
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–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

Related forms:
i⋅soch⋅ro⋅nal⋅ly, adverb
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i·soch·ro·nal   (ī-sŏk'rə-nəl)   
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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