Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: January 31, 2024
Preferred Name

Anisotropy

Synonyms

Anisotropies

Definitions

A physical property showing different values in relation to the direction in or along which the measurement is made. The physical property may be with regard to thermal or electric conductivity or light refraction. In crystallography, it describes crystals whose index of refraction varies with the direction of the incident light. It is also called acolotropy and colotropy. The opposite of anisotropy is isotropy wherein the same values characterize the object when measured along axes in all directions.

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D016880

altLabel

Anisotropies

AN

usually NIM

cui

C0085406

DC

1

definition

A physical property showing different values in relation to the direction in or along which the measurement is made. The physical property may be with regard to thermal or electric conductivity or light refraction. In crystallography, it describes crystals whose index of refraction varies with the direction of the incident light. It is also called acolotropy and colotropy. The opposite of anisotropy is isotropy wherein the same values characterize the object when measured along axes in all directions.

DX

19920101

HN

92

Machine permutation

92

MDA

19910502

MMR

20160115

MN

G02.050

G01.590.040

notation

D016880

prefLabel

Anisotropy

TERMUI

T050531

TH

NLM (1992)

tui

T070

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D055598

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D055620

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