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Allotrope

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element, with different physical properties and often different chemical properties.
  2. 2
    a structurally different form of an element wordnet
  3. 3
    An other form, a different shape of a lexical unit.
  4. 4
    An alternative shape of a cognitive structure.

Etymology

Back-formation from allotropy, as allo- + -trope, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”), and τρόπος (trópos, “way, manner”).

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