单词 | isochronic |
释义 | isochronicadj. 1. = isochronous adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [adjective] > synchronized or isochronous synchronical1660 synchronous1677 isochronal1680 isochron1697 isochronous1706 isochronic1780 isochronical1794 synchronal1876 synchronic1892 in-phase1914 synchronized1919 phased1929 1780 T. A. Mann in Philos. Trans. 1779 (Royal Soc.) 69 583 This curve is what is called the Horizontal Isochronic. 2. = isochronal adj. 2; spec. (see quots. 18811, 1959). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [adjective] > synchronized or isochronous > (of a line) connecting points on a diagram isochronic1881 isochronal1926 the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > map > [adjective] > line on map > intervals of time isochronic1881 1881 F. Galton in Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. III. 657 By ‘isochronic’ passage-charts, I mean charts constructed to show the extreme distances that can be traversed in ‘equal times’ from a common starting point. 1881 F. Galton in Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. III. 658 Isochronic maps might be..constructed for Continental travel or for home excursions. 1948 Antiquity 22 114 The second [map]..covers the Old World and shows the spread of the food-producing economy from five possible independent centres. The date at which food-production first appeared is shown by isochronic lines. These are an ingenious invention which show ‘equal dates’ exactly as contours show equal heights and isobars equal pressure. 1959 L. M. Harrod Librarians' Gloss. (ed. 2) 155 Isochronic map, one which shows possible progress of travel in all directions from a given centre in certain specified time intervals. 3. Prosody. Equal in metrical length. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [adjective] > accent > stressed > occurrence of stresses at equal intervals isochronous1784 stress-timed1945 isochronic1956 1956 H. Whitehall in Kenyon Rev. 18 iii. 418 Unlike such ‘syllable-timed’ languages as Spanish, English is ‘stress-timed’ or isochronic. 1959 PMLA 74 587/1 Mr. Whitehall distinguishes a type of ‘rhythm’ which he calls the isochronic: it ‘depends on equal time lapses between primary stresses’. Derivatives isoˈchronical adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [adjective] > synchronized or isochronous synchronical1660 synchronous1677 isochronal1680 isochron1697 isochronous1706 isochronic1780 isochronical1794 synchronal1876 synchronic1892 in-phase1914 synchronized1919 phased1929 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. I. ii. 30 The isochronical vibrations of the pendulum. 1827 Westm. Rev. 8 382 He [Anacreon] mixed up Iambic catalectic dimeters..with Trochaic acatalectic dimeters..as if they were isochronical. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1780 |
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