different between isotonic vs isotone

English

Etymology

iso- +? tonic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /???.s?.?t??.n?k/

Adjective

isotonic (not comparable)

1. (of two solutions) having the same osmotic pressure
2. (of a medical solution) Having the same concentration of solutes as human blood.

   Use an isotonic saline solution in your neti pot to prevent irritation of your nasal passages.

3. (of two muscles) having equal tension
4. (physiology) Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle changes. Antonym is isometric. Isotonic movements are either concentric (working muscle shortens) or eccentric (working muscle lengthens). See also Wikipedia:Isotonic (exercise physiology)
5. (music) Having the same tone.

Translations

See also

• hypotonic
• hypertonic

Anagrams

• coitions, isotocin

English

Etymology 1

Reinterpretation of the p in isotope as standing for proton, leading to a replacement with the letter n for neutron. Coined by German physicist Kurt Guggenheimer in 1934.

Noun

isotone (plural isotones)

1. (physics) Any of a number of nuclides of different elements that have the same number of neutrons

Related terms

• isotonic

Translations

See also

• isobar
• isotope

Etymology 2

Adjective

isotone (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) monotone nondecreasing.

Anagrams

• toonies

French

Noun

isotone m (plural isotones)

1. (physics) isotone

Adjective

isotone (plural isotones)

1. (physics) isotonic

Italian

Adjective

isotone

1. feminine plural of isotono

Anagrams

• osteoni