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English translation: isotropy

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

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09:29 Sep 10, 2005

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Archaeology / cultural aspect

Russian term or phrase: изотропность

Пространство потеряло свою однородность и изотропность.

Svetlana Potton KudoZ activity Questions: 178 (none open) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 172 United States
Local time: 08:14

isotropy

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

Selected response from:

Jack Doughty
Local time: 16:14

Grading comment

thank you again. :-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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4 +8

isotropy

Jack Doughty

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5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

изотропность

isotropy

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

Jack Doughty
Local time: 16:14
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

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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