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形容詞

isochronous (not comparable)

1. Happening at regular intervals; isochronal.
2. Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
   • 1833, R. J. Bertin, Charles W. Chauncy, transl., Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 179:

     We observed, on attentive examination, the following phenomena: cough, with sense of constriction in the middle of the chest; orthopnœa, threatening suffocation; face violet coloured; lips swollen; beatings of the jugular veins isochronous with those of the carotid arteries; palpitation; […]

3. (computing) Of or pertaining to the use of clocks derived from the same clock reference.

   Their entire national telephone network is isochronous, with a clock distribution tree radiating from a single, protected cesium reference clock.

4. (computing) of or pertaining to data associated with time sensitive application.

   These packets belong to an isochronous voice application and need priority handling.

同意語

• isochronal

参考

• isochronous on Wikipedia.