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enantiotropy

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[ih-nan-tee-o-truh-pee] / ɪˌnæn tiˈɒ trə pi /

noun

Crystallography.
  1. polymorphism in which one of the polymorphs may revert to the state of the other at a critical temperature and pressure.


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Origin of enantiotropy

< German Enantiotropie (1888) < Greek enantiotropía contrariety of character. See enantio-, -tropy

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