Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as isochronal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Same as isochronal.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective happening at regular intervals
  • adjective happening at the same time; isochronal
  • adjective computing of or pertaining to the use of clocks derived from the same clock reference
  • adjective computing of or pertaining to data associated with time sensitive application

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective equal in duration or interval

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek ἴσος (isos, "equal") + Ancient Greek χρόνος (chrónos) + -ous

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Examples

  • This is what is called isochronous vibration -- the passing through unequal arcs in equal periods of time.

    Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457 Volume 18, New Series, October 2, 1852 Various 1836

  • The cycloidal pendulum, also called the isochronous pendulum (from the Greek isochrones, occurring at equal intervals of time), invented by Chris - taan Huygens about 350 years ago, consists of a small mass P (we called it a weighted ball before) suspended from the point O by means of a string ∗ By Dr. Herbert A. Hauptman.

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  • The new Profinet functions such as isochronous mode, Shared Device and the Media Redundancy Protocol have been implemented in Simatic WinAC RTX (F) 2010.

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • The new Profinet functions such as isochronous mode, Shared Device and the Media Redundancy Protocol have been implemented in Simatic WinAC RTX (F) 2010.

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • Firewire is "isochronous", basically meaning that you can pump "clocked" data though it in real time.

    Discussions: Message List - root 2010

  • The new Profinet functions such as isochronous mode, Shared Device and the Media Redundancy Protocol have been implemented in Simatic WinAC RTX (F) 2010.

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • UWB has built-in quality of service settings that allow a device to ask for specific latency and error correction on an "isochronous" channel -- that's real time data in the case of streaming audio and video.

    Wi-Fi Networking News 2009

  • UWB has built-in quality of service settings that allow a device to ask for specific latency and error correction on an "isochronous" channel -- that's real time data in the case of streaming audio and video.

    Wi-Fi Networking News 2009

  • It handles all standard USB transfers such as isochronous, interrupt, control and bulk.

    News 2009

  • UWB has built-in quality of service settings that allow a device to ask for specific latency and error correction on an "isochronous" channel -- that's real time data in the case of streaming audio and video.

    Wi-Fi Networking News 2009

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  • In paleontology, "Originating or formed at the same period." (OED)

    September 5, 2008