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изотропность

English translation: isotropy

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Russian term or phrase:изотропность
English translation:isotropy
Entered by: Svetlana Potton

09:29 Sep 10, 2005
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Archaeology / cultural aspect
Russian term or phrase: изотропность
Пространство потеряло свою однородность и изотропность.
Svetlana Potton
United States
Local time: 05:51
isotropy
Explanation:
Callaham's R-E Dic. of Sci. & Tech.
Selected response from:

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:51
Grading comment
thank you again. :-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8isotropy
Jack Doughty


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
изотропность
isotropy


Explanation:
Callaham's R-E Dic. of Sci. & Tech.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:51
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
thank you again. :-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jura Gorohovsky
3 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  Nik-On/Off: What do you think about "ceased to be isotropic"?
4 mins
  -> Thank you. Yes, "ceased to be homogeneous and isotropic" would be a good way of putting it, I think.
agree  Larissa Dinsley
24 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  mk_lab
40 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  Kirill Semenov
2 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Andrey Belousov (X)
4 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Victor Potapov: As isotropic means "having equal characteristics independent of spatial location", I see "однородный" and "изотропный" being a bit repretitive and even tautologic. But no doubt the author has some reasoning to his/her defense... :-)
6 hrs
  -> Thank you. Even if there is no reason, it should still be translated. :-)
agree  Alla Tatyants
10 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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