Definition of Anisotropy

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

Generic synonyms: Property
Derivative terms: Anisotropic
Antonyms: Isotropy

Definition of Anisotropy

1. Noun. The property of being directionally dependent. ¹

2. Noun. The degree to which this property is exhibited. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Anisotropy

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Medical Definition of Anisotropy

1. Term used to describe a medium whose characteristic properties vary with direction of travel through the medium. (for example, velocity of light transmission, conductivity of heat or electric current, compressibility, etc.) Annihilation of magnetic field & Anode (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anisotropy

anisothermal
anisotonic
anisotopic
anisotropic
anisotropic disks
anisotropic lipid
anisotropic membrane
anisotropically
anisotropicities
anisotropicity
anisotropies
anisotropine methylbromide
anisotropism
anisotropisms
anisotropous
anisotropy (current term)
anisotropy energy
anisoyl
anisoyls
anistreplase
anisyl
anisyls
anit-impotence drug
anitrazafen
anjou
ankangite
anker
ankerite
ankerites
ankers

Literary usage of Anisotropy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fluid Flow Through Faults and Fractures in Argillaceous Formations by Nuclear Energy Agency (1998)
"... Permeability anisotropy in Clay-Rich Shear Zones David N. ... developed permeability anisotropy with progressive consolidation and shear displacement, ..."

2. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"Why anisotropy after Repetitive Plastic Deformation is Replaced by Isotropy after a Single Deformation.—The effect on the elastic limit of a single plastic ..."

3. Lectures on the Physiology of Plants by Julius Sachs (1887)
"THE anisotropy OF THE ORGANS OF PLANTS'. I USE the above expression to denote the fact that the different organs of the plant assume very various directions ..."

4. Manual of antenatal pathology and hygiene by John William Ballantyne (1904)
"... Complexity in the higher Animal Forms ; the Principle of " Recapitulation," Definition, Description, and possible Exceptions ; anisotropy and Isotropy. ..."

5. Comparative Electro-physiology: A Physico-physiological Study by Jagadis Chandra Bose (1907)
"... CHAPTER IX DETECTION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL anisotropy BY ELECTRIC RESPONSE Anomalies in mechanical and electrical response—Resultant response determined by ..."

6. Sas/stat 9.1 User's Guide by SAS Institute, Virginia Clark (2004)
"The interpretation of the major/minor axis in the case of geometric anisotropy is that the direction of the major axis is the direction in which the spatial ..."

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