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isotropic
Word definitions for isotropic in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context physics English) Having properties that are identical in all directions; exhibiting isotropy.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
redirect Isotropy
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1864, from iso- + Greek tropikos "belonging to a turning," from tropos "a turning, way, manner" (see trope ).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. invariant with respect to direction [syn: isotropous ] [ant: anisotropic ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Isotropic \I`so*trop"ic\, a. [Iso- + Gr. ? a turning, fr. ? to turn.] (Physics) Having the same properties in all directions; specifically, equally elastic in all directions.
Usage examples of isotropic.
Conrad even knew the buzzwords to explain it: a zettahertz laser—that’s a trillion gigahertz, you know—operating at four watts and refracted through a pair of Fresnel condensates to form an isotropic beam exactly thirty meters wide, terminating at the collapsium barrier of the forward ertial shield.
We have no Doppler shift with respect to the target star, and the microwave background radiation is close to isotropic.