Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
not invariant with respect to direction;
- Example: "anisotropic crystals"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
aeolotropic \aeolotropic\, AEolotropic \[AE]`o*lo*trop"ic\, a.
[Gr. ? changeful + ? a turning, ? to turn.] (Physics)
Exhibiting differences of quality or property in different
directions; having properties with different values along
different axes; not isotropic. In specialized contexts,
synonymous with anisotropic. [Also spelled eolotropic.]
--Sir W. Thomson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Anisotrope \An"i*so*trope`\, Anisotropic \An`i*so*trop"ic\, a.
[Gr. ? unequal + ? a turning, ? to turn.] (Physics)
Not isotropic; having different properties in different
directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are
optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
anisotropic
adj 1: not invariant with respect to direction; "anisotropic
crystals" [ant: isotropic, isotropous]