đẳng trương

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 等 (“equal”) and 張 (“to expand”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaŋ˧˩ t͡ɕɨəŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaŋ˧˨ ʈɨəŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaŋ˨˩˦ ʈɨəŋ˧˧]

Adjective

đẳng trương

1. (sciences) isotonic (of the same osmotic pressure)

See also

• ưu trương (“hypertonic”)
• nhược trương (“hypotonic”)