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Allotropy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A property, exhibited by some elements, of existing in multiple forms with different atomic structures. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms wordnet

Etymology

Ancient Greek άλλοτροπἱα (állotrophia), from allo- + -tropy, coined by Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius.

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