isotropic
Americanadjective
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Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes.
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Zoology. lacking axes that are predetermined, as in some eggs.
adjective
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having uniform physical properties in all directions
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biology not having predetermined axes
isotropic eggs
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Identical in all directions; invariant with respect to direction. For example, isotropic scattering of light by a substance entails that the intensity of light radiated is the same in all directions.
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For decades, researchers have looked to quasicrystals when designing isotropic bandgap materials.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2025
Until now, structures with isotropic porosity have been applied, but these have the drawback that they exponentially attenuate the incident solar radiation as it travels into the reactor.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2023
There’s just one problem: a certain hirsute fact from topology mandates that isotropic antennas can’t exist.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2023
This emission, although isotropic, is not visible to edge-on observers because it is only visible within a range of angles and otherwise shielded by the high-opacity ejecta.
From Nature ● Oct. 15, 2017
The electromagnetic fields appear as ultimate, irreducible realities, and at first it seems superfluous to postulate a homogeneous, isotropic ether-medium, and to envisage electromagnetic fields as states of this medium.
From Sidelights on Relativity by Einstein, Albert
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