isochron
isochron noun: a line on a chart linking rock of the same age (as determined from isotope ratios).
Noun
isochron (plural isochrons)
- A line on a chart linking rock of the same age (as determined from isotope ratios).
- Recapitulating, any suite of comagmatic rocks with an age t defines an isochron if its members all had the same initial ^{₈₇}Sr/^{₈₆}Sr ratio and if it was closed to both Rb and Sr since crystallization occurred and neither element was introduced from any extraneous source.[…]In this way...1997, H.-G. Attendorn, R. Bowen, Radioactive and Stable Isotope Geology, Chapman & Hall, page 163
- A collection of points (such as a manifold), each point representing a set of initial conditions for a given dynamical system, such that every set results in the same long-term behaviour of the system.
- The entire plane is foliated by isochrons.2007, Eugene M. Izhikevich, Dynamical Systems in Neuroscience, The MIT Press, page 446
Forms of isochron
| plural | isochrons |
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Origin of isochron
From iso- + chron.
Words formed from isochron
- isochron dating
- isochron diagram
Questions about isochron
- What does isochron mean?
- Isochron means a line on a chart linking rock of the same age (as determined from isotope ratios).
- What part of speech is isochron?
- Isochron is a noun.
- What is the plural of isochron?
- The plural of isochron is isochrons.
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