aeolotropy
nounEtymology From aeolo- + -tropy.
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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The phenomenon whereby the physical properties (e.g., electric conductivity, refractive index) of a body depend on the direction in which they are measured.
- One of the most curious and interesting things in the mathematics of æolotropy.1881, W. Thomson, Nature No. 628, page 47:
- Related terms
- aeolotropic