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Isotropic

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
isotropic

1864, from iso- + Greek tropikos "belonging to a turning," from tropos "a turning, way, manner" (see trope).

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isotropic

a. (context physics English) Having properties that are identical in all directions; exhibiting isotropy.

WordNet
isotropic

adj. invariant with respect to direction [syn: isotropous] [ant: anisotropic]

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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.