different between isotropy vs isotropic

English

Etymology

iso- +? -tropy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??s?t??pi/

Noun

isotropy (countable and uncountable, plural isotropies)

1. (geometry, physics) The property of being identical, or having the same physical properties, in all directions.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, page 478,

     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

Antonyms

• anisotropy

Related terms

• isotrope
• isotropic
• isotropism

Translations

Further reading

• isotropy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• porosity

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

isotropic (not comparable)

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

Antonyms

• anisotropic

Related terms

• coisotropic
• isotrope
• isotropism
• isotropy
• semiisotropic

Translations

See also

• omnidirectional

Further reading

• isotropic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• isotropic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• isotropic at OneLook Dictionary Search