isochronon
English
editEtymology
editSee isochronous.
Noun
editisochronon (plural isochronons)
- (chiefly science fiction) A clock designed to keep very accurate time.
- 1980, Felix C. Gotschalk, “The Wishes of Maidens”, in George R. R. Martin, editor, New Voices III: The Campbell Award Nominees, page 175:
- A bedside isochronon diffused a soft-light 9:30