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gyrotropization

gyrotropization noun: conversion to gyrotropic motion.

Noun

gyrotropization (plural gyrotropizations)

  1. Conversion to gyrotropic motion
    • In this paper, we demonstrate that this singularity can be completely removed away by the combination of direct use of the 2nd-moment of the Vlasov equation and an ingenious gyrotropization model.2016, Kota Hirabayashi, Masahiro Hoshino, Takanobu Amano, “A new framework for magnetohydrodynamic simulations with anisotropic pressure”, in arXiv
    • Gyrotropization occurs at scales substantially larger than the shock width. Isotropization is much slower than gyrotropization and occurs at even significantly larger scales.2017, M. Gedalin, “Rankine‐Hugoniot Relations in Multispecies Plasma With Gyrotropic Anisotropic Downstream Ion Distributions”, in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Forms of gyrotropization

pluralgyrotropizations

Origin of gyrotropization

From gyrotropy + -ization.

Questions about gyrotropization

What does gyrotropization mean?
Gyrotropization means conversion to gyrotropic motion.
What part of speech is gyrotropization?
Gyrotropization is a noun.
What is the plural of gyrotropization?
The plural of gyrotropization is gyrotropizations.

Words near gyrotropization in the dictionary

  1. gyrotrigonometry
  2. gyrotron
  3. gyrotrons
  4. gyrotropic
  5. gyrotropically
  6. gyrotropization
  7. gyrotropizations
  8. gyrotropy
  9. gyrotwystron
  10. gyrovague
  11. gyrovagues

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