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Isochronous

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Happening at regular intervals; isochronal. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Happening at the same time; simultaneous. not-comparable

    "We observed, on attentive examination, the following phenomena: cough, with sense of constriction in the middle of the chest; orthopnœa, threatening suffocation; face violet coloured; lips swollen; beatings of the jugular veins isochronous with those of the carotid arteries; palpitation; […]"

  3. 3
    Of or pertaining to the use of clocks derived from the same clock reference. not-comparable

    "Their entire national telephone network is isochronous, with a clock distribution tree radiating from a single, protected cesium reference clock."

  4. 4
    Of or pertaining to data associated with time-sensitive applications. not-comparable

    "These packets belong to an isochronous voice application and need priority handling."

Adjective
  1. 1
    equal in duration or interval wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) + Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + -ous.

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