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orthotropic
(ortho|trop¦ic)
Pronunciation:
/ˌɔːθə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊpɪk, -ˈtrɒpɪk/
adjective
1
Botany
(of a shoot, stem, or axis) growing vertically.
2
Engineering
having three mutually perpendicular planes of elastic symmetry at each point.
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