In order to be declared brain dead, a person needs to have no activity in either the brain or brain stem, at the base of the brain. Credit: Johan Swanepoel | Shutterstock View full size image.n Jahi's case, three doctors have concluded that she is brain-dead. However, the heart's intrinsic electrical system can keep the organ beating for a short time after a person becomes brain-dead â in fact, the heart can even beat outside the body, Greene-Chandos said.
Noun. 1. anisotropy-the property of being anisotropic; having a different value when measured in different directions. property-a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; a study of the physical properties of atomic particles.
Magnetocrystalline anisotropy. In physics, a ferromagnetic material is said to have magnetocrystalline anisotropy if it takes more energy to magnetize it in certain directions than in others. These directions are usually related to the principal axes of its crystal lattice. It is a special case of magnetic anisotropy.