anisotropic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: an=i=so=trop=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

anisotropic, a. [Gr. unequal + a turning, to turn.].

 Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

anisotropic, adj. having physical properties that are different in different directions, e.g. the strength of wood along the grain differing from that across the grain (opp. ISOTROPIC).

Derivative

anisotropically adv. anisotropy n.

Etymology

AN-(1) + ISOTROPIC