isotropization

English

Noun

isotropization (countable and uncountable, plural isotropizations)

1. The reversible transformation between isotropic forms.
2. The conversion of an anisotropic system to an isotropic one.
   • 2017, M. Gedalin, “Rankine‐Hugoniot Relations in Multispecies Plasma With Gyrotropic Anisotropic Downstream Ion Distributions”, in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Phyrics:

     Isotropization is much slower than gyrotropization and occurs at even significantly larger scales.

Related terms

• isotropize