agyrotropy

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ gyrotropy.

Noun

agyrotropy (uncountable)

1. (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.