isochronism
Example Sentences
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In order to produce a note, the succession of shocks must not deviate much from isochronism.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various
The discovery by Galileo of the isochronism of the pendulum, followed by Huyghens’s adaptation of that principle to clocks, has been one of the greatest aids to accurate observation.
From History of Astronomy by George Forbes
Along F are a number of points of contact corresponding with those along C C. These contacts help to work the apparatus, and to insure the perfect isochronism of the transmitter and receiver.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various
The experimental verification of this fact led him to the important discovery of the isochronism of the pendulum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
Thus, in 1720, Julien Leroy occupied himself working out the proper shapes for the inclines to produce this desired isochronism.
