isochronous

Definition

Happening at regular intervals; isochronal.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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; […]"
• "Their entire national telephone network is isochronous, with a clock distribution tree radiating from a single, protected cesium reference clock."
• "These packets belong to an isochronous voice application and need priority handling."