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ALLOTROPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does allotropy mean? 

ALLOTROPY (noun)
  The noun ALLOTROPY has 1 sense:

1. the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical formsplay

  Familiarity information: ALLOTROPY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALLOTROPY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

allotropism; allotropy

Hypernyms ("allotropy" is a kind of...):

chemical phenomenon (any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules))

Derivation:

allotropic; allotropical (of or related to or exhibiting allotropism)


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