aeolotropic

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aeolotropic - 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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aeolotropic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  aeolotropic
      adj 1: having properties with different values along different
             axes [syn: aeolotropic, eolotropic]