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tautochrone

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A curve, such that a weighted body, descending along it by the action of gravity, will always arrive at the lowest point in the same time, wherever in the curve it begins to fall.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • An inverted cycloid with its base horizontal is a tautochrone.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tautochrone curve

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ταὐτός (tautós, “the same”) + χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).