anisotropic
- adjective
- /ˌænɪsəˈtrɒpɪk/
- Specialized
- The highly anisotropic nature of wood means it is stronger along the grain than across it.
- anisotropic materials
- anisotropic medium
- anisotropic solids
Examples
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The wanderings of Si and Ge atoms on Si(001) turn out to be highly anisotropic.
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In reality, the soft tissue is anisotropic, nonlinear, viscoelastic, and discontinuous with several inhomogeneities.
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This came about because we were interested in anisotropic structures.
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The highly anisotropic nature of wood can be described at two different scales.
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The plate may consist of several layers of anisotropic material.
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The plate may consist of several laminas made of anisotropic material.
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Two experiments measured the anisotropic hydrodynamic expansion of an atomic cloud after it was released from its trap.
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Thin and thick laminated plates made of various layers of anisotropic materials are extensively used in modern structures.
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All three are magnetic and have anisotropic behavior, exhibiting an entirely new category of macroscopically observable quantum behavior.
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The semiclassical analysis predicts a buildup of highly anisotropic Rayleigh scattering from a nonspherical sample of atoms.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
Having different properties in different directions, like wood or crystal
Antonyms
How Directional
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
anisotropic = tropic (semi-transparent) = aniso + tropic
While 'aniso' suggests 'unequal' and 'tropic' relates to direction, the specific scientific meaning may not be immediately clear to all learners.
Etymology
Anisotropic comes from Greek parts a- 'not', iso- 'equal', and tropos 'turn' or 'direction', so something anisotropic is 'not equal in all directions'.