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Webster 1913 Edition
Isotonic
Iˊso-ton′ic
,Adj.
[
Iso-
+ tonic
.] 1.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Isotonic
ISOTON'IC
,Adj.
Definition 2024
isotonic
isotonic
English
Adjective
isotonic (not comparable)
- (of two solutions) having the same osmotic pressure
- (of a medical solution) Having the same concentration of solutes as human blood.
- Use an isotonic saline solution in your neti pot to prevent irritation of your nasal passages.
- (of two muscles) having equal tension
- (physiology) Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle changes. Antonym is isometric. Isotonic movements are either concentric (working muscle shortens) or eccentric (working muscle lengthens). See also Wikipedia:Isotonic (exercise physiology)
Translations
having the same osmotic pressure
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