Isotropy

//aɪˈsɒtɹəpi// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The property of being identical, or having the same physical properties, in all directions. countable, uncountable

    "down this road, as they watched, came a wagon, then a couple of riders, then a coach and another wagon, in daylight which slowly lost its stark isotropy and was flowed into by clouds and chimney smoke and even episodes of weather"

  2. 2
    (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions wordnet

Synonyms

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symmetry

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"down this road, as they watched, came a wagon, then a couple of riders, then a coach and another wagon, in daylight which slowly lost its stark isotropy and was flowed into by clouds and chimney smoke and even episodes of weather"

Etymology

From iso- + -tropy.

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