isochronon

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noun

A clock designed to keep very accurate time.

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Meanings

nounisochronon (plural isochronons)

plural isochronons

  1. literatureA clock designed to keep very accurate time.

    A bedside isochronon diffused a soft-light 9:30

    1980, Felix C. Gotschalk, “The Wishes of Maidens”, in George R. R. Martin, editor, New Voices III: The Campbell Award Nominees, page 175

Origin

See isochronous.

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APA

isochronon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isochronon

MLA

“isochronon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isochronon. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “isochronon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isochronon.

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