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agyrotropy

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

Noun

agyrotropy (uncountable)

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

From a- + gyrotropy.

Questions about agyrotropy

What does agyrotropy mean?
Agyrotropy means a broken cylindrical symmetry in the movement of electromagnetic radiation required for collisionless magnetic reconnection; a loss of gyrotropy.
What part of speech is agyrotropy?
Agyrotropy is a noun.

Words near agyrotropy in the dictionary

  1. agynary
  2. agynous
  3. agyria
  4. agyrias
  5. agyrophobia
  6. agyrotropy
  7. agyrtid
  8. agyrtids
  9. agèd
  10. agé
  11. Agăș

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