Sentence examples for anisotropic from inspiring English sources
'anisotropic' is a correct and usable word in written English
It is an adjective meaning that something is not the same when measured in different directions. For example, "The material was anisotropic, with different strengths depending on the direction it was stressed."
adjective
Having properties that differ according to the direction of measurement; exhibiting anisotropy.
- The crystal has an anisotropic structure, as it is stronger along its length than laterally.
If the trend had continued, heads would have been able to write bits smaller than they could read thereby putting an upper limit on the capacity of hard-drives.All that changed in 1991 when IBM introduced the first "anisotropic magnetoresistive" (AMR) read-heads for hard-drives.
The B phase is in most respects similar to a classic superconductor, whereas the A (and A1) phase is strongly anisotropic in its properties and has an energy gap that actually vanishes for some directions of motion.
Like wood, bark is anisotropic with regard to dimensional stability and strength.
Deformation of rocks during metamorphism occurs when the rock experiences an anisotropic stress i.e., unequal pressures operating in different directions.
This anisotropic, or distorted, structure makes it difficult for the atoms of alloying metals to substitute for uranium atoms or to occupy spaces between uranium atoms in the crystal lattice.
Polarization effects are observable in optically anisotropic materials (in which the index of refraction varies with polarization direction) such as birefringent crystals and some biological structures and in optically active materials.
Another mechanism that can lead to increased fracture toughness in ceramics is microcracking, which occurs in single-phase polycrystalline ceramics whose grains are anisotropic (that is, whose mechanical properties vary with direction) or in intentionally biphasic polycrystalline microstructures.
Controversies concerning the maximum possible number of independent elastic moduli in the most general anisotropic solid were settled by the British mathematician George Green in 1837.
As a result, some properties that are anisotropic (i.e., differ with direction) on a submicroscopic or crystalline scale are fairly isotropic for a large bulk volume of the rock.
The transport of electrons perpendicular to these sheets is not favoured, making the YBCO structure severely anisotropic.
Single crystals of the high-temperature superconductors are very anisotropic i.e., their properties associated with a direction, such as the critical fields or the critical current density, are highly dependent on the angle between that direction and the rows of atoms in the crystal.
