Noun
Uniformity of physical properties in all directions in a body; absence of all kinds of polarity; specifically, equal elasticity in all directions.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAn "axis of anisotropy" is defined as the axis along which isotropy is broken (or an axis of symmetry, such as normal to crystalline layers). Source: Internet
It has a nearly ideal Planck spectrum at a temperature of about 2.7 K. It departs from the perfect isotropy of true black-body radiation by an observed anisotropy that varies with angle on the sky only to about one part in 100,000. Source: Internet
Misner made the (ultimately incorrect) conjecture that the Mixmaster mechanism, which made the Universe more chaotic, could lead to statistical homogeneity and isotropy. Source: Internet
In the nearly free correction of the model, box-like Brillouin zones are added to k-space by the periodic potential experienced from the (ionic) lattice, thus mildly breaking the isotropy. Source: Internet
See also References Further reading * citation * The isotropy of the cosmic background radiation is another indicator that the universe does not rotate. Source: Internet
The observed isotropy of the CMB then follows from the fact that this larger region was in causal contact before the beginning of inflation. Source: Internet