orthotropic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Growing vertically, either upwards or downwards.
  2. Having material properties that differ along three mutually orthogonal twofold axes of rotational symmetry.

Word forms

orthotropic

Etymology

From ortho- + -tropic.

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