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allotropic

[ al-uh-trop-ik, -troh-pik ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or characterized by allotropy.


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Other Words From

  • al·lo·trop·i·cal·ly adverb
  • al·lo·tro·pic·i·ty [al-, uh, -tr, uh, -, pis, -i-tee], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of allotropic1

First recorded in 1875–80; allotrop(y) + -ic
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Example Sentences

This element exists in several allotropic forms, which have very different electric properties.

Another element occurring in allotropic forms is sulphur, of which many forms have been described.

Just let me tell you, to use a very hard word, that we call the diamond an "allotropic" form of carbon.

Allotropic means an element with another form to it—the diamond is simply an allotropic form of carbon.

We have, in fact, but the one resource—the allotropic modification of the haloid—whereby to explain all these orders of stability.

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