agyrotropy

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noun

A broken cylindrical symmetry in the movement of electromagnetic radiation required for collisionless magnetic reconnection; a loss of gyrotropy.

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Meanings

nounagyrotropy (uncountable)
  1. uncountablenatural sciencesA broken cylindrical symmetry in the movement of electromagnetic radiation required for collisionless magnetic reconnection; a loss of gyrotropy.

    Finally, the analysis of agyrotropy shows the presence of a distinct double structure laying^([sic]) all over the lower side facing the higher magnetic field region.

    2015, Emanuele Cazzola, Maria Elena Innocenti, Stefano Markidis, Martin V. Goldman, David L. Newman, Giovanni Lapenta, “On the electron dynamics during island coalescence in asymmetric magnetic reconnection”, in arXiv

Origin

From a- + gyrotropy.

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