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