isochronism
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of isochronism
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If the isochronism is but little impaired, we obtain a note corresponding to the mean interval of the shocks.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various
It was thus with the application of the isochronism of the pendulum to the making of instruments for measuring intervals, astronomical and other.
From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Herbert Spencer
The discovery by Galileo of the isochronism of the pendulum, followed by Huyghens’s adaptation of that principle to clocks, has been one of the greatest aids to accurate observation.
From History of Astronomy by George Forbes
Again the suspension spring is measured for isochronism, and an alloy of steel prepared for it which does not alter its elasticity with change of temperature.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
Clocks provided with this escapement keep reasonably good time; the resistance of the recoils compensate in a measure for the want of isochronism in the oscillations of the pendulum.
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