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anisotropy [¦a‚nī′sä·trə·pē] (astronomy) The departure of the cosmic microwave radiation from equal intensity in all directions. (botany) The property of a plant that assumes a certain position in response to an external stimulus. (physics) The characteristic of a substance for which a physical property, such as index of refraction, varies in value with the direction in or along which the measurement is made. Also known as aeolotropy; eolotropy. (zoology) The property of an egg that has a definite axis or axes. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Jordan, who did his doctoral thesis underAnderson, says his group has found no evidence for anistropy. The well-known dipole anistropy, which is interpreted as being due to a motion of our local group of galaxies and is not a cosmological problem, does appear. |
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