ANISOTROPY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being anisotropic; having a different value when measured in different directions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("anisotropy" is a kind of...):

property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)

Antonym:

isotropy ((physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions)

Derivation:

anisotropic (not invariant with respect to direction)

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