Hypertext Webster Gateway: "isotonic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Isotonic \I`so*ton"ic\, a. [Iso- + tonic.]
Having or indicating, equal tones, or tension.
{Isotonic system} (Mus.), a system consisting of intervals,
in which each concord is alike tempered, and in which
there are twelve equal semitones.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
isotonic
adj 1: used of solutions; having the same or equal osmotic pressure
[syn: {isosmotic}] [ant: {hypertonic}, {hypotonic}]
2: relating to or characterized by the equal intervals of the
well-tempered scale; "isotonic tuning"
3: (physiology) of two or more muscles; having equal tension
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