1. in a manner that exhibits different physical properties in different directions
Usage: technical; physics and materials science

Examples

• The crystal material behaves anisotropically, with different electrical conductivity along different axes.
• Light travels anisotropically through the mineral, refracting at different rates depending on direction.
• The composite material was engineered to respond anisotropically to mechanical stress.
• Magnetic properties vary anisotropically in this ferromagnetic substance.
• The fabric stretches anisotropically, with greater elasticity along the warp than the weft.