What does "allotropy" mean?

A property, exhibited by some elements, of existing in multiple forms with different atomic structures.

Allotropy

Common synonyms include: allotropism, allotropism, diversification, diversity, form, her infinite variety.

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Noun

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

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