isotropy

English

Etymology

From iso- +‎ -tropy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪˈsɒtɹəpi/

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Noun

isotropy (countable and uncountable, plural isotropies)

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

Antonyms

• anisotropy

Related terms

• isotrope
• isotropic
• isotropism

Translations

The property of being isotropic

• Catalan: isotropia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 各向同性 (zh) (gèxiàngtóngxìng)

• Danish: isotropi c
• French: isotropie (fr) f
• German: Isotropie (de) f
• Greek: ισοτροπία (el) f (isotropía)
• Icelandic: stefnusneyða f
• Italian: isotropia (it) f
• Portuguese: isotropia f
• Russian: изотропи́я (ru) f (izotropíja)
• Spanish: isotropía (es) f
• Swedish: isotropi (sv) c

Further reading

• isotropy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• porosity