allotropy
or al·lot·ro·pism
a property of certain elements, as carbon, sulfur, and phosphorus, of existing in two or more distinct forms; allomorphism.
Origin of allotropy
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How to use allotropy in a sentence
Perhaps they have not studied the mystery of allotropism in the emotions of the human heart.
Elsie Venner | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.In what will these wonderful developments of allotropism end?
It is easy to call these changes by the name allotropism, but not the less do they confound our hasty generalizations.
Medical Essays | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.These facts of allotropism have some corollaries connected with them rather startling to us of the nineteenth century.
Medical Essays | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
British Dictionary definitions for allotropy
allotropism
/ (əˈlɒtrəpɪ) /
the existence of an element in two or more physical forms. The most common elements having this property are carbon, sulphur, and phosphorus
Derived forms of allotropy
- allotropic (ˌæləˈtrɒpɪk), adjective
- allotropically, adverb
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