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ALLOTROPIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does allotropic mean?
• ALLOTROPIC (adjective)
The adjective ALLOTROPIC has 1 sense:
1. of or related to or exhibiting allotropism
Familiarity information: ALLOTROPIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or related to or exhibiting allotropism
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
allotropic; allotropical
Context example:
carbon and sulfur and phosphorus are allotropic elements
Pertainym:
allotropy (the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms)
Derivation:
allotrope (a structurally different form of an element)
allotropism; allotropy (the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms)
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