isochronous

[ ahy-sok-ruh-nuhs ]

adjective

Origin of isochronous

From the New Latin word isochronus, dating back to 1700–10. See isochronal, -ous

Musical tones are produced by isochronous (equal-timed) vibrations of the vocal organs continued for some length of time.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 | Ministry of Education
Or again by suitable arrangements the bob may be made to move in certain curves so as to be isochronous.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 | Various
This is what is called isochronous vibration—the passing through unequal arcs in equal periods of time.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457 | Various
Hence it is that the vibrations of unequal weights are isochronous when hung on strings of equal lengths.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457 | Various
Galileo published his discovery of the isochronous property of the pendulum in 1639.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457 | Various

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