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Webster 1913 Edition


Isotonic

Iˊso-ton′ic

,
Adj.
[
Iso-
+
tonic
.]
1.
Having or indicating, equal tones, or tension.
Isotonic system
(Mus.)
,
a system consisting of intervals, in which each concord is alike tempered, and in which there are twelve equal semitones.

Webster 1828 Edition


Isotonic

ISOTON'IC

,
Adj.
[Gr. equal, and tone.] Having equal tones. The isotonic system, in music, consists of intervals, in which each concord is alike tempered,and in which there are twelve equal semitones.