aeolotropy en · NOUN
Etymology
From aeolo- + -tropy.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The phenomenon whereby the physical properties (e.g., electric conductivity, refractive index) of a body depend on the direction in which they are measured.
One of the most curious and interesting things in the mathematics of æolotropy.
1881, W. Thomson, Nature No. 628, page 47:
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