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The property of having different relevant characteristics in different directions.
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- magnetic anisotropy
- material anisotropy
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Anisotropy made the panel resist bending more strongly along its length.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: uncommon.
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