Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Isotonic \I`so*ton"ic\, a. [Iso- + tonic.]
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.
Source : WordNet®
isotonic
adj 1: (used of solutions) having the same or equal osmotic
pressure [syn: {isosmotic}] [ant: {hypertonic}, {hypotonic}]
2: relating to or characterized by the equal intervals of the
well-tempered scale; "isotonic tuning"
3: of or involving muscular contraction in which tension is
constant while length changes [ant: {isometric}]
4: of two or more muscles; having equal tension