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ANISOTROPY

Dictionary entry overview: What does anisotropy mean?

• ANISOTROPY (noun)
The noun ANISOTROPY has 1 sense:

1. the property of being anisotropic; having a different value when measured in different directions

Familiarity information: ANISOTROPY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ANISOTROPY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The property of being anisotropic; having a different value when measured in different directions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("anisotropy" is a kind of...):

property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)

Antonym:

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

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