isotropy
noun/aɪˈsɒ.tɹə.pi/ · /ˈaɪ.səˌtɹoʊ̯.pi/
Etymology From iso- + -tropy.
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Geometry, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics, Sciences The property of being identical, or having the same physical properties, in all directions.
- 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 weather2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 478:
- Antonyms
- anisotropy
- Related terms
- isotrope, isotropic, isotropism