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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This type of material is known as an "isotropic bandgap material."
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 suggests that the observed γ-rays might come from a different and probably isotropic emission component, such as precursors68 seen in some short GRBs or a mildly relativistic cocoon64.
From Nature • Oct. 15, 2017
When the crystals are heated these optical characters change, and at a temperature of 265� the crystals suddenly become optically isotropic; on cooling, however, the complexity of internal structure reappears.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
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