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Encyclopedia > Isotropy

Isotropy (the opposite of anisotropy) is the property of being independent of direction. Isotropic radiation has the same intensity regardless of the direction of measurement, and an isotropic field exerts the same action regardless of how the test particle is oriented. Look up Anisotropy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Anisotropy (the opposite of isotropy) is the property of being directionally dependent. ... Radiation generally means the transmission of waves, objects or information from a source into a surrounding medium or destination. ... In classical physics and engineering, measurement is the the result of comparing physical quantities of objects, relations (e. ... A particle is Look up Particle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary In particle physics, a basic unit of matter or energy. ...


Mathematics: Isotropy is also a concept in mathematics. Some manifolds are isotropic, meaning that the geometry on the manifold is the same regardless of direction. A similar concept is homogeneousness. A manifold can be homogeneous but not isotropic. Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space and change. ... This is the current mathematics collaboration of the week! Please help improve it to featured article standard at manifold/rewrite. ... Geometry (from the Greek words Geo = earth and metro = measure) is the branch of mathematics first popularized in ancient Greek culture by Thales (circa 624-547 BC) dealing with spatial relationships. ... Homogeneous is an adjective that has several meanings. ...


Radio broadcasting: In radio, an isotropic antenna is an imaginary "device", used as a reference; an antenna that broadcasts power equally (calculated by the poynting vector) in all directions. An antenna's gain along its primary axis is usually reported in Decibels relative to an isotropic antenna, and is expressed as dBi or dB(i). An isotropic antenna is an antenna that radiates equally in all directions. ... A Device can be taken to mean: an electrical device designed to carry power, but not use it. ... In general, a reference is something that refers or points to something else, or acts as a connection or a link between two things. ... A yagi antenna Most simply, an antenna is an electronic component designed to send or receive radio waves. ... The Poynting vector (named after its inventor John Henry Poynting) is the cross product of the electric field and the magnetic field. ... Electronics In electronics, gain is usually taken to meaning the ratio of the signal output of a system to the signal input of the system. ... Although it is widely used as a measure of the loudness of sound, the decibel (dB) is more generally a measure of the ratio between two quantities, and can be used to express a wide variety of measurements in acoustics and electronics. ...


Physiology: In skeletal muscle cells (a.k.a. muscle fibers), the term "isotropic" refers to the light bands (I bands) that contribute to the striated pattern of the cells. A muscle fiber (American usage) or muscle fibre (British usage) is a single cell of a muscle. ...


Materials: In the study of mechanical properties of materials, "isotropic" means having identical values of a property in all crystallographic directions. The word mechanical can mean one of several things: A device or principle described as mechanical relates to a mechanism or machine, or the realm of Newtonian mechanics. ... Crystallography (from the Greek words crystallon = cold drop / frozen drop, with its meaning extending to all solids with some degree of transparency, and graphein = write) is the experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in solids. ...


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ISOTROPY (599 words)
ISOTROPY is a software package which applies group theoretical methods to the analysis of phase transitions in crystalline solids.
Also fixed a major bug affecting the calculation of isotropy subgroups for coupled irreps where the second (or third or fourth, etc.) irrep belongs to a non k point of symmetry (non special k point).
Also improved routine for generating isotropy subgroups at non k points of symmetry.
Light Isotropy- Theory and Experiment (4067 words)
Therefore, our ability to measure the isotropy of light (when it travels through outer space from stars to the earth) depends entirely on the accuracy with which we can measure the direction our telescopes are pointed in.
The best way to measure the isotropy of light through empty space when it travels here on earth would be to send it through a chamber which is completely evacuated of molecules.
A somewhat primitive method used to measure the isotropy (or speed) of light on earth was by sending the light through a toothed wheel and/or rotating mirror apparatus.
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