isotropic

English

Etymology

From iso- +‎ -tropic, from Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) + τροπικός (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
• isotropic helicoid
• isotropism
• isotropy
• semiisotropic

 

Translations

having properties which are equivalent in all directions

• Arabic: مُتَمَاثِل المَنَاحِي (mutamāṯil al-manāḥī), مُتَنَاحٍِ (mutanāḥini)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 各向同性 (zh) (gèxiàngtóngxìng)

• Danish: isotropisk, isotrop
• Esperanto: izotropa
• French: isotrope (fr)
• German: isotrop (de)
• Hungarian: izotróp (hu)
• Icelandic: stefnusnauður m, einsátta m, jafnátta m
• Irish: iseatrópach
• Japanese: 等方的 (tōhōteki)
• Norwegian: isotropisk (no), isotrop
• Occitan: isotròp
• Polish: izotropowy
• Portuguese: isotrópico
• Russian: изотро́пный (ru) (izotrópnyj)
• Spanish: isotrópico (es)
• Swedish: isotropisk
• Vietnamese: đẳng hướng (vi)

See also

• omnidirectional

Further reading

• “isotropic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “isotropic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “isotropic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.