English Explanatory Dictionary

isotropic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having properties that are identical in all directions; exhibiting isotropy
  2. Having the same components in all rotated coordinate systems

Pronunciation

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Word forms

isotropic

Etymology

From iso- + -tropic, from Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) + τροπικός (tropikós, “of or pertaining to a turn or change; or the solstice; or a trope or figure; tropic; tropical; etc.”).

Antonyms

anisotropic

Related words

coisotropic isotrope isotropic helicoid isotropism isotropy semiisotropic omnidirectional

Derived words

isotropically isotropize nonisotropic pseudoisotropic semi-isotropic unisotropic
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