isotropy

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations

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From isotropic.

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• IPA: /aɪˈsɒtɹəpi/

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isotropy (uncountable)

1. (geometry, physics) The property of being identical, or having the same physical properties, in all directions.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, page 478,

     down this road, as they watched, came a wagon, then a couple of riders, then a coach and another wagon, in daylight which slowly lost its stark isotropy and was flowed into by clouds and chimney smoke and even episodes of weather

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• anisotropy

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• isotropic

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