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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. In physical, not having the same properties in all directions; non-isotropic; anisotropic: said of a body with reference to elasticity or the action upon it of light, heat, etc.
  2. n. A non-isotropic substance, or one having different properties in different directions, as a biaxial crystal.

Wiktionary

  1. n. physics Pertaining to aeolotropy; of a body or substance, having physical properties (e.g., electric conductivity, refractive index) that depend on the direction in which they are measured.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. (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.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. having properties with different values along different axes

Etymologies

  1. aeolo- + -tropic (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “n. - first steam engine, with globe made to revolve by steam jets, described in 1st century AD. aeolotropic adj. - having different physical properties in different positions or directions.”

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