"allotropy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: allotropies [plural]
Etymology: allo- + -tropy Etymology templates: {{confix|en|allo|tropy}} allo- + -tropy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} allotropy (countable and uncountable, plural allotropies)
  1. (chemistry) A property, exhibited by some elements, of existing in multiple forms with different atomic structures. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: allotrope Related terms: allotropic, allotropical, allotropism, allotropous Translations (having multiple atomic structures): al·lotropia [feminine] (Catalan), allotropia (Finnish), allotropie [feminine] (French), Allotropie [feminine] (German), αλλοτροπία (allotropía) (Greek), alotropeso (Ido), allatrópacht [feminine] (Irish), аллотропия (allotropiä) (Kazakh), yl-chummey [masculine] (Manx), alotropia [feminine] (Polish), alotropia [feminine] (Portuguese), аллотро́пия (allotrópija) [feminine] (Russian), alotropía [feminine] (Spanish), kamulkapanan (Tagalog), thù hình (Vietnamese)

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