aeolotropic

aeolotropic
aeolotropy /ee'euh lo"treuh pee/, aeolotropism, n.
/ee'euh loh trop"ik, -troh"pik/, adj. Physics.
not isotropic; anisotropic.
[1865-70; < Gk aiólo(s) fickle, changeful + -TROPIC]

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