ISOTROPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does isotropy mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISOTROPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

isotropy; symmetry

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

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

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Antonym:

anisotropy (the property of being anisotropic; having a different value when measured in different directions)

Derivation:

isotropic; isotropous (invariant with respect to direction)