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ALLOTROPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does allotrope mean?
• ALLOTROPE (noun)
The noun ALLOTROPE has 1 sense:
1. a structurally different form of an element
Familiarity information: ALLOTROPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A structurally different form of an element
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Context example:
graphite and diamond are allotropes of carbon
Hypernyms ("allotrope" is a kind of...):
chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)
Derivation:
allotropic (of or related to or exhibiting allotropism)
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