isotropy

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isotropy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Isotropy \I*sot"ro*py\, n. (Physics)
     Uniformity of physical properties in all directions in a
     body; absence of all kinds of polarity; specifically, equal
     elasticity in all directions.
     [1913 Webster]

isotropy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  isotropy
      n 1: (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same
           value when measured in different directions [syn:
           isotropy, symmetry] [ant: anisotropy]