Meaning of isotonic in English
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Classifying Adjective
isotonicDefinitions
1. of two or more musclesExamples
- « having equal tension »
Synonyms
Qualitative Adjective
isotonicEtymology
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 pressureAntonyms
- 2. relating to or characterized by the equal intervals of the well-tempered scale
Examples
- « isotonic tuning »
- 3. of or involving muscular contraction in which tension is constant while length changes
Antonyms