ISOTROPY

isotropy, symmetry

(noun) (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

isotropy (countable and uncountable, plural isotropies)

(geometry, physics) The property of being identical, or having the same physical properties, in all directions.

Antonyms

• anisotropy

Anagrams

• porosity

Source: Wiktionary


I*sot"ro*py, n. (Physics)

Definition: Uniformity of physical properties in all directions in a body; absence of all kinds of polarity; specifically, equal elasticity in all directions.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

5 April 2025

SET

(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups; “the smart set goes there”; “they were an angry lot”


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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