isooptoacoustic

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adjective

Describing a point in the thermal spectrum of a system undergoing chemical reaction that does not change in intensity during the course of the reaction.

OriginEnglish optoacoustic ← Medieval Latin acousticus ← Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós) →
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Meanings

adjectiveisooptoacoustic (comparative more isooptoacoustic, superlative most isooptoacoustic)

comparative more isooptoacoustic · superlative most isooptoacoustic

  1. chemistryDescribing a point in the thermal spectrum of a system undergoing chemical reaction that does not change in intensity during the course of the reaction.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
  2. Englishiso-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ekʷ-
  4. Ancient Greekὄπωπᾰ (ópōpă)
  5. Ancient Greekὀπτός (optós)
  6. Englishopto-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
  11. Proto-Hellenic*akóuhō
  12. Ancient Greekἀκούω (akoúō)
  13. Ancient Greekᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
  14. Medieval Latinacousticus
  15. Englishacoustic
  16. Englishoptoacoustic
  17. Englishisooptoacoustic

From iso- + optoacoustic.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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