isotonic

Questions about isotonic

What does isotonic mean?

isotonic means "(used of solutions) having the same or equal osmotic pressure". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in isotonic?

isotonic has 4 syllables: i-so-to-nic. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ˌaɪsəˈtɑnɪk/.

What is another word for isotonic?

Close synonyms include isosmotic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of isotonic?

The recorded antonyms are hypertonic, hypotonic, isometric.

Is isotonic a common word?

isotonic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with isotonic?

8 words rhyme with isotonic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.