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