Meaning of isotonic in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˌaɪsəˈtɑnɪk/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    isotonic

    Definitions

    1. of two or more muscles

    Examples

    • « having equal tension »

    Synonyms

  2. Qualitative Adjective

    isotonic

    Etymology

    early 19th century (as a musical term designating a system of tuning, characterized by equal intervals): from Greek isotonos, from isos‘equal’ + tonos‘tone’

    Definitions

    1. (used of solutions) having the same or equal osmotic pressure

    Antonyms

  3. 2. relating to or characterized by the equal intervals of the well-tempered scale

    Examples

    • « isotonic tuning »
  4. 3. of or involving muscular contraction in which tension is constant while length changes

    Antonyms

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