agyrotropy
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agyrotropy (uncountable)
- (physics) A broken cylindrical symmetry in the movement of electromagnetic radiation required for collisionless magnetic reconnection; a loss of gyrotropy.
- 2015, Emanuele Cazzola, Maria Elena Innocenti, Stefano Markidis, Martin V. Goldman, David L. Newman, Giovanni Lapenta, “On the electron dynamics during island coalescence in asymmetric magnetic reconnection”, in arXiv[1]:
- Finally, the analysis of agyrotropy shows the presence of a distinct double structure laying[sic] all over the lower side facing the higher magnetic field region.