isotropization

noun — 2 senses

isotropization

noun
1

The reversible transformation between isotropic forms.

2

The conversion of an anisotropic system to an isotropic one.

  • Isotropization is much slower than gyrotropization and occurs at even significantly larger scales.2017, M. Gedalin, “Rankine‐Hugoniot Relations in Multispecies Plasma With Gyrotropic Anisotropic Downstream Ion Distributions”, in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Phyrics:
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