not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts or unequal measurements
2.
(of a crystal) having unequal axes
anisometric in American English
(ænˌaɪsoʊˈmɛtrɪk)
adjective
not isometric; with asymmetrical parts
Word origin
an-1 + isometric
anisometric in American English
(ænˌaisəˈmetrɪk, ˌænai-)
adjective
1.
not isometric; of unequal measurement
2. Mineralogy(of a crystal)
having axes of different lengths (opposed to equant)
Word origin
[1865–70; an-1 + isometric]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: batting average, black belt, goulash, maverick, racisman- is a prefix occurring before stems beginning with a vowel or h in loanwords from Greek, where it means “not,” “without,” “lacking” (anarchy; anecdote); used in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix an- include: anacrogynous, anapsid, anodyne, anopheles, anoxia
Examples of 'anisometric' in a sentence
anisometric
The breakage of a model anisometric dry granular material caused by uniaxial compression was studied.
Lukas Kulaviak, Vera Penkavova, Marek Ruzicka, Miroslav Puncochar, Petr Zamostny,Zdenek Grof, Frantisek Stepanek, Marek Schongut, Jaromir Havlica 2017, 'Breaking of rod-shaped model material during compression', EPJ Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714007019. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Anisometric colloids—which have both nanometer and micrometer dimensions—combine features of their two constituent length scales.
Binbin Luo, Ahyoung Kim, John W. Smith, Zihao Ou, Zixuan Wu, Juyeong Kim, Qian Chen 2019, 'Hierarchical self-assembly of 3D lattices from polydisperse anisometric colloids',Nature Communicationshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41467-019-09787-6. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The use of anisometric voxels generated statistically significant differences in the values of diffusion metrics in specific regions.
Raúl Tudela, Emma Muñoz-Moreno, Xavier López-Gil, Guadalupe Soria 2017, 'Effects of Orientation and Anisometry of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Acquisitions onDiffusion Tensor Imaging and Structural Connectomes', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0170703. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)