allotropic

English

Etymology

From allo- +‎ -tropic, compare French allotropique.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæləˈtɹɒpɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæləˈtɹɑpɪk/, /ˌæləˈtɹoʊpɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɒpɪk

Adjective

allotropic (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Describing a form of an element that exhibits allotropy.

   Graphite and diamond are allotropic forms of carbon.

   • 1918, Walter Lionel George, A Novelist on Novels‎:

     A symphony and a poem may be allotropic forms of the same matter: to use a common simile, there is red phosphorus and there is yellow, but both are phosphorus. Likewise there are different forms of art, but there is only one art.

Derived terms

• allotropically

Translations

of an element that exhibits allotropy

Catalan: al·lotròpic Chinese: Mandarin: 同素异形的 Finnish: allotrooppinen French: allotropique (fr) German: allotrop, allotropisch Greek: αλλοτροπικός (el) (allotropikós) Ido: alotropa (io) Irish: allatrópach Italian: allotropico (it) Polish: alotropowy m Portuguese: alotrópico (pt) Romanian: alotropic (ro) Russian: аллотропи́ческий (ru) (allotropíčeskij), аллотро́пный (ru) (allotrópnyj) Spanish: alotrópico (es) Swedish: allotropisk Turkish: allotropik Ukrainian: алотропічний (uk) (alotropičnyj)