This week’s theme
Words related to time

This week’s words
anachronistic
kairos
chiliad
epoch
isochronal


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Words related to colors

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PRONUNCIATION:

(eye-SAH-kruh-nuhl, eye-suh-KRO-nuhl)

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Equal in time.
2. Occurring at regular intervals.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek iso- (equal) + chronos (time). Earliest documented use: 1680.

USAGE:

“The sphere, hanging from a long wire set into the ceiling of the choir, swayed back and forth with isochronal majesty.”
Umberto Eco (Translation: William Weaver); Foucault’s Pendulum; Secker & Warburg; 1989.

See more usage examples of isochronal in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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