enantiotropy

[ ih-nan-tee-o-truh-pee ]

noun

, Crystallography.

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

Other Words From

• en·an·ti·o·trop·ic [ih-nan-tee-, uh, -, trop, -ik, -, troh, -pik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of enantiotropy¹

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