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Word: Allotropy
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from Greek allotropos ‘of another form’, from allo- ‘other’ + tropos ‘manner’ (from trepein ‘to turn’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈlɒtrəpi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the existence of two or more different physical forms of a chemical element.
Short Definition:existence of two or more different physical forms of chemical element
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