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PRONUNCIATION OF ISOCHRON

isochron  [ˈaɪsəʊˌkrɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ISOCHRON

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determiner
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Isochron is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ISOCHRON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Isochron

In the mathematical theory of dynamical systems, an isochron is a set of initial conditions for the system that all lead to the same long-term behaviour.

Definition of isochron in the English dictionary

The definition of isochron in the dictionary is a line on an isotope ratio diagram denoting a suite of rock or mineral samples all formed at the same time. The slope of the line is related to the age of the rock or mineral suite. Other definition of isochron is a line or curve on a geological map or cross section connecting points of identical age.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ISOCHRON


Acheron
ˈækəˌrɒn
bicron
ˈbaɪkrɒn
boron
ˈbɔːrɒn
chylomicron
ˌkaɪləʊˈmaɪkrɒn
Dacron
ˈdeɪkrɒn
electron
ɪˈlɛktrɒn
giron
ˈdʒaɪrɒn
Hebron
ˈhɛbrɒn
interferon
ˌɪntəˈfɪərɒn
macron
ˈmækrɒn
magnetron
ˈmæɡnɪˌtrɒn
micron
ˈmaɪkrɒn
millimicron
ˈmɪlɪˌmaɪkrɒn
moron
ˈmɔːrɒn
neuron
ˈnjʊərɒn
neutron
ˈnjuːtrɒn
omicron
əʊˈmaɪkrɒn
Sharon
ʃəˈrɒn
submicron
sʌbˈmaɪkrɒn
tron
trɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ISOCHRON

isocheim
isocheimal
isocheimenal
isocheimic
isochimal
isochime
isochor
isochore
isochoric
isochromatic
isochromosome
isochronal
isochronally
isochrone
isochronise
isochronism
isochronize
isochronous
isochronously
isochroous

WORDS THAT END LIKE ISOCHRON

Aaron
Akron
apron
baron
Byron
Cameron
chevron
environ
erythron
flatiron
Huron
hypaethron
iron
katabothron
katavothron
marron
nephron
patron
Southron
Theron

Synonyms and antonyms of isochron in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «isochron» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

等时线
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

isochron
570 millions of speakers

English

isochron
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

isochron
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

isochron
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

изохрона
278 millions of speakers

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isochron
270 millions of speakers

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isochron
260 millions of speakers

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isochrone
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Isochron
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Isochron
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アイソクロン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아이소 크론
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Isochron
85 millions of speakers
vi

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isochron
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

isochron
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समभुज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

isochron
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

isochron
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

isochron
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ізохронними
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

izocronei
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

isochron
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

isochron
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

isochron
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

isochron
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ISOCHRON»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ISOCHRON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about isochron

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ISOCHRON»

Discover the use of isochron in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to isochron and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Isochron/West
Power Level (W) %^Ar released 40Ar/39Ar 37Ar/39Ar 36Ar/39Ar Moles^Ar* (X10- 15) %4°Ar* Age (Ma)±1o S79-A2-E1S6 (plagloclase, ash-flow tuff) J = 0.001 4322 ± 0.0000015 Isochron age: 7.91 ± 4.41 Ma Inverse isochron age: 6.97 ± 2.1 1 ...
‎1992
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Ultrahigh-pressure Metamorphism: Deep Continental Subduction
Age Error Dating Type of age #of MSWD Rock Reference (Ma) (±Ma) method analyses type Sm-Nd 229 3 Sm-Nd Isochron - min/WR 4 N/A Grt-Bt gneiss Lietal., 1993 244 11 Sm-Nd Isochron - min/WR 3 N/A Eclogite Lietal., 1993 224 20 Sm- Nd ...
Bradley R. Hacker, William C. McClelland, J. G. Liou, 2006
3
The Age of the Earth
method, known as the Pb-Pb isochron method, is based on a simple extension of Equation 3.13. By normalizing the quantities 207Pb and 20" Pb in the equation to the quantity of 204Pb and subtracting the initial amount of Pb, Equation 3.13 ...
G. Brent Dalrymple, 1994
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Radioactive and Stable Isotope Geology
Recapitulating, any suite of comagmatic rocks with an age f defines an isochron if its members all had the same initial 87Sr/86Sr ratio and if it was closed to both Rb and Sr since crystallization occurred and neither element was introduced from  ...
H.-G. Attendorn, Robert Bowen, 1997
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Geochronology: Linking the Isotopic Record with Petrology ...
Relationship between oxygen isotope temperature and isochron age for metamorphic minerals from paragneiss. granitic orthogneiss. eclogites and garnet amphibolite at Shuanghe in the Dabie terrane. Although the closure temperatures of ...
Derek Vance, Wolfgang Müller, Igor M. Villa, 2003
6
Proceedings of the 30th International Geological Congress. ...
Sm-Nd isochron +6.8(11] South Qinling Belt (SQ) Yudongzi Group (YDZ) 2688 [ 32] U-Pb zircon +3.0 TS Douling Group (DL) 2000 ± [32] Pb-Pb zircon + 1.3 TS Bikou Group (BK) 1611 [32] Sm-Nd isochron +6.8-+4.0 TS, [32] Wudang Group ...
Hung-chen Wang, Hongzhen Wang, Borming Jahn, 1997
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CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH: 22 Methodical Arguments for ...
The isochron dating method, while it dispenses with the assumption relating to initial conditions, must nevertheless incorporate postulations about the rate of radioactive decay and whether the system was open to external influences.
Christopher H.K. Persaud, 2013
8
Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in ...
These two samples also yielded indistinguishable isochron ages of 1.57 ±0.03 Ma and 1.61 ±0.03 Ma respectively (Table 5.6). These ages suggest that Oldeani activity was of very short duration, lasting for about 90 ka between 1.61 ±0.01 Ma  ...
Terry Harrison, 2011
9
Geochemical Kinetics
Therefore, samples from these rocks may be employed to obtain an isochron and hence age. Such an isochron is called the whole-rock isochron. Because the elemental ratio variation from one rock to another cogenetic rock is small, the ...
Youxue Zhang, 2008
10
The Bible, Rocks and Time: Geological Evidence for the Age ...
This plot is not a standard Rb-Sr isochron plot, and it is not used to determine the ages of crystallization of igneous plutons. Fleck and Criss also plotted initial Sr isotope ratios versus Rb/Sr ratios, again not a standard whole-rock isochron plot.
Davis A. Young, Ralph Stearley, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ISOCHRON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term isochron is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Little Foot' Fossil: New Dating Bolsters SAfrica's Claims as Mankind …
They used a technique called isochron burial dating, which uses radioisotopes within several rock samples surrounding a fossil to date when ... «Newsmax, Apr 15»
2
South Africa: New Dates for Sterkfontein
The first is the development of the 'isochron' method for burial dating with cosmogenic 26Al and 10Be. An isochron uses multiple samples from ... «AllAfrica.com, Apr 15»
3
New instrument dates old skeleton—'Little Foot' 3.67 million years old
The technique, called isochron burial dating, uses radioisotopes within several rock samples surrounding a fossil to date when the rocks and ... «Phys.Org, Apr 15»
4
Nanodiamonds are forever
“The nanodiamond datum recognized in this study gives scientists a snapshot of a moment in time called an isochron.” To date, scientists know ... «Nanowerk, Aug 14»
5
Study examines 13000-year-old nanodiamonds from multiple …
"The nanodiamond datum recognized in this study gives scientists a snapshot of a moment in time called an isochron." To date, scientists know ... «Phys.Org, Aug 14»
6
Bill Nye Won Last Night's Creationism Debate
... Nye could have mentioned that we do indeed have ways to judge whether radiometric dating is reliable, in particular the isochron method. «The New Republic, Feb 14»
7
Is the earth really 4.6 billion years old?
However, construction of an isochron does not require information on the original compositions, using merely the present ratios of the parent ... «News24, Jan 14»
8
Volcanic Ash Reveals Abrupt Ice Age Climate Change
... occurring 100 yr before deposition of ash from the Icelandic Vedde eruption in a German varve lake record, and 20 yr after the same isochron ... «reportingclimatescience.com, Dec 13»
9
The lies of Evolution - exposed
Demonstrably non-radiogenic “isochrons” of radioactive and non-radioactive elements undermine the assumptions behind isochron “dating” ... «News24, Jun 13»
10
Enabling ChemCam to Measure Key Isotopic Ratios on Mars and …
... isotopes using LAMIS can provide the age at which rocks solidified by applying the well-known radiometric isochron dating method. «Space Daily, Dec 12»

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« EDUCALINGO. Isochron [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/isochron>. Apr 2024 ».
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