anisotropic /an·iso·tro·pic/ (-tro´pik)
1. having unlike properties in different directions.
2. doubly refracting, or having a double polarizing power.
an·i·so·trop·ic ( n-  s -tr p  k, -tr pk)adj. 1. Not isotropic. 2. Having physical properties that differ according to the direction of measurement. an·i so·tropi·cal·ly adv.an i·sotro·pism (-str-pzm), ani·sotro·py (-str-p ) n. |
anisotropic
1. having unlike properties in different directions.
2. doubly refracting, or having a double polarizing power.
anisotropic
State of an optical medium in which the optical properties are not the same in all directions, due to the fact that the refractive index is not the same for all directions. An incident ray will be divided, within a uniaxial anisotropic medium, into two refracted rays; an ordinary ray which obeys Snell's law and an extraordinary ray which follows a different law. Most crystals are anisotropic. See birefringence; dichroism; isotropic.
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