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isochron         
IN THE MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS, SET OF INITIAL CONDITIONS FOR THE SYSTEM THAT ALL LEAD TO THE SAME LONG-TERM BEHAVIOUR
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¦ noun chiefly Geology a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times.
Isochron dating         
  • An isochron plot of the radiogenic daughter isotope (D*) against the parent isotope (P), all normalized to a stable isotope of the daughter element (D<sub>ref</sub>). It demonstrates the isotopic evolution as the sample ages from t<sub>0</sub> to t<sub>1</sub> to t<sub>2</sub>.
TECHNIQUE OF RADIOMETRIC DATING
Isochron dating is a common technique of radiometric dating and is applied to date certain events, such as crystallization, metamorphism, shock events, and differentiation of precursor melts, in the history of rocks. Isochron dating can be further separated into mineral isochron dating and whole rock isochron dating; both techniques are applied frequently to date terrestrial and also extraterrestrial rocks (meteorites).
Isochronism         
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Isochronism; Isochronous
Equality of periodic time; as of the times of successive beats of a tuning fork, or of the times of oscillations of a pendulum.

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Examples of use of isochron
1. Are you planning for a successful outcome, or to contain a range of imagined disasters?Alan Fowler, MD of Edinburgh–based project management consultancy, Isochron Ltd Bruce Mann: Yes, we agree.