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isotropic /iso·tro·pic/ (-tro´pik)
1. having the same value of a property, e.g., refractive index, in all directions.
2. being singly refractive.
i·so·trop·ic (s-trpk, -trpk)
adj.
Identical in all directions.
i·sotro·py (-str-p), i·sotro·pism (-pzm) n.
isotropic [i″so-trop´ik]
1. having the same value of a property, such as refractive index, in all directions, as in a cubic crystal or a piece of glass.
2. being singly refractive.
isotropic
1. having the same value of a property, such as refractive index, in all directions, as in a cubic crystal or a piece of glass.
2. being singly refractive.
isotropic
Having the same properties of refraction in all directions. See anisotropic; birefringence.
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