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
During their analysis, the scientists observed that every isotropic bandgap material exhibited a shared structural signature.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2025
One might be tempted to simplify matters and build only antennas that send equal-strength signals in every direction at once, which are called isotropic antennas.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2023
At a distance of 40 Mpc, this fluence corresponds to a γ-ray isotropic equivalent energy Eiso ≈ 4.3 × 1046 erg.
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 Albert Einstein
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