Another function of the jig is to steady the piece of wood being cut to prevent excess cutting or inaccurate cuts. The size, shape, and function of a woodworking jig will vary significantly according to how it is being used and with what tool it is being used.
WMAP image of the (extremely tiny) anisotropies in the cosmic background radiation. Anisotropy /ËÃ¦naÉªËsÉtrÉpi/ is the property of being directionally dependent, which implies different properties in different directions, as opposed to isotropy.
An isotropic material is one which looks the same in every direction. We cannot define any special direction using the material properties. In other words, none of the properties depend the orientation; it is perfectly rotationally symmetric. Note that in order to be isotropic the material must be homogenous on the length scale of interest, ie the same at every point in the material. For instance, rubber is a very isotropic material. Take a rubber ball, and it will feel the same and bounce the same however you rotate it. On the other hand, wood is an anisotropic material: hit it with an axe and it will take more force to break of you are cutting across the grain than along it.