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Incapable of being associated, joined, or connected. [Obs.] Lime and wood are insociable. Sir H. Wotton.

Unsociably.

Not associate; without a companion; single; solitary; recluse. [Obs.] "The insociate virgin life." B. Jonson.

Pertaining to the mutual intercourse or relations of persons in society; social.

A peculiarity in the design of bas-relief by which the heads of human figures are kept at the same height from the ground, whether the personages are seated, standing, or mounted on horseback; -- called also isokephaleia.

A line connecting places on the earth's surface at which there is the same mean frequency of auroras.

Indicating equal auroral display; as, an isochasmic line.

A line connecting places on the earth having the same mean winter temperature. Cf. Isothere.

Pertaining to, having the nature of, or making, isocheims; as, an isocheimal line; an isocheimal chart.

The same as Isocheimal.

The same as Isocheimal.

The same as Isocheim.

A line upon a thermodynamic diagram so drawn as to represent the pressures corresponding to changes of temperature when the volume of the gas operated on is constant. -- I`so*chor"ic (#), a.

Having the same color; connecting parts having the same color, as lines drawn through certain points in experiments on the chromatic effects of polarized light in crystals.

niform in time; of equal time; performed in equal times; recurring at regular intervals; isochronal vibrations or oscillations.

Isochronal.

The state or quality of being isochronous.

To make, or tend to make (the motion of a moving body), uniform in rate of rotation, or in frequency of vibration.

A clock that is designed to keep very accurate time.

Same as Isochronal.