isochronism
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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 Spencer, Herbert
Adjusted to isochronism indicates that the watch functions uniformly during the entire twenty-four hours running.
From Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches by Kleinlein, Walter J.
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
Thus, in 1720, Julien Leroy occupied himself working out the proper shapes for the inclines to produce this desired isochronism.
Dr. Hooke, the inventor of the balance spring, soon discovered it could be manipulated to isochronism, i.e., so arcs of different extent would be formed in equal time.
