isotropically
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- adverb
- /ˌaɪsəˈtrɒpɪkli/
- Specialized
- In a vacuum, light travels isotropically, spreading out equally in all directions.
- distributed isotropically
Examples
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Gamma-ray bursts are distributed isotropically—evenly on the sky, without any preference for a particular direction.
Academic text (1996) -
To model the network, Storm assumed the filaments are distributed isotropically and randomly.
Academic text (2005) -
Depending on how far out you look in the universe, objects are distributed isotropically or not.
Academic text (1996) -
We would see the bursts isotropically and, because of the effects of the expanding universe, their distribution would appear inhomogeneous.
Academic text (1996) -
It is assumed that currently the amount of energy and matter is constant, and that it expands isotropically only by the spacing of matter between them?
Blog text (12) -
The temperature in the room was isotropically uniform, ensuring a comfortable environment throughout.
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When studying the properties of the material, we found that it behaves isotropically under stress.
Synonyms
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In the same way across all parts or times
How Isotropic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
isotropically = isotropic (opaque) = iso + tropic + ally
The adverb is formed in the regular way from the adjective 'isotropic' by adding an adverbial suffix.
Etymology
Isotropically comes from the parts iso- meaning 'equal' and tropos meaning 'turn' or 'way', the same idea you see in words like isotope and isothermal. So when something acts isotropically, it is the same whichever way you look at it, that is, 'equal in all directions'.