allotropism
[ ə-lŏt′rə-pĭz′əm ]
n.
The existence of two or more forms of an element that differ from one another in crystalline or molecular structure.
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Words nearby allotropism
allotrichia circumscripta, allotriomorphic, allotrope, allotrophic, allotropic, allotropism, allotropous, allotropy, all' ottava, allottee, allotype
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Perhaps they have not studied the mystery of allotropism in the emotions of the human heart.
Elsie Venner|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.In what will these wonderful developments of allotropism end?