Associations to the word «Isocratic»

Wiktionary

ISOCRATIC, adjective. (chemistry) (of an HPLC system) which resolves a solute using a solvent system that does not change composition during the run.
ISOCRATIC, adjective. (rhetoric) Relating to Isocrates and his style of rhetoric.
ISOCRATIC FLOW, noun. (chemistry) In liquid chromatography, a mobile phase of constant composition. In contrast to this is the so called "gradient elution", which is a separation where the mobile phase changes its composition during a separation process.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.