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ANISOTROPY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Derivation:
anisotropic (not invariant with respect to direction)