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Definition of Isochronous
1. Adjective. Equal in duration or interval. "The oscillations were isochronal"
Definition of Isochronous
1. a. Same as Isochronal.
Definition of Isochronous
1. Adjective. happening at regular intervals ¹
2. Adjective. happening at the same time; isochronal ¹
3. Adjective. (computing) of or pertaining to the use of clocks derived from the same clock reference ¹
4. Adjective. (computing) of or pertaining to data associated with time sensitive application ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Isochronous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Isochronous
1. Occurring during the same time. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Isochronous
Literary usage of Isochronous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Applied Mechanics by William John Macquorn Rankine (1904)
"... of a number of superposed vibrations, each isochronous in itself, but not
isochronous with each other, as in the last example of the preceding Article; ..."
2. A Treatise on Infinitesimal Calculus: Containing Differential and Integral by Bartholomew Price (1889)
"The agreement however in motion between the compound and the simple isochronous
pendulum is greater than the preceding investigations lead to. ..."
3. Illustrations of Mechanics by Henry Moseley (1848)
"Thus then we have a simple pendulum whose small oscillations are isochronous.
Moreover, the cycloids AB and AC may be made of any size; therefore AD may be ..."
4. A Manual of Machinery and Millwork by William John Macquorn Rankine (1893)
"When a truly isochronous governor is rapid in its action on the regulator ...
To make such a governor isochronous, the springs ought to be so arranged as to ..."
5. Matter and Motion by James Clerk Maxwell (1878)
"isochronous VIBRATIONS.—It follows from this that if a body moves in a straight
line and is acted on by a force directed towards a fixed point on the line ..."
6. The Theory and Practice of Mechanics by Stephen Elmer Slocum (1913)
"isochronous Governor. —It is possible to construct a governor so sensitive that
it will go ... Such an extremely sensitive governor is called isochronous. ..."
7. Papers on Mechanical and Physical Subjects by Osborne Reynolds, Arthur William Brightmore, William Henry Moorby (1901)
"ON AN ELEMENTARY SOLUTION OF THE DYNAMICAL PROBLEM OF isochronous VIBRATION.
[From the Twenty-second Volume of the " Proceedings of the Literary and ..."
8. A Manual of the Steam-engine: For Engineers and Technical Schools; Advanced by Robert Henry Thurston (1891)
"The isochronous or Astatic Governor, or that in which the position of equilibrium
can only be preserved at one defined speed, is evidently an apparatus of ..."
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