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allotrope en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈæ.lə.tɹəʊp/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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. An other form, a different shape of a lexical unit.
3. An alternative shape of a cognitive structure.

Forms

Deriveds

allotropize

Relateds

isotrope · allotropic · isoform · alloform · allotropism · allotropical · allotropous

Translations (19)

sh alòtrop (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element) · it allotropo (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element) · de Allotrop (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element) · pl alotrop (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element) · sh ало̀троп (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element) · cmn 同素異形體 /同素异形体 (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element) · mi āhuatini (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element) · fi allotrooppi (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element) · hi अपररूप (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element) · ga allatróp (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element) · hu allotróp (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element) · es alótropo (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element) · el αλλότροπα (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element) · tl kamulkap (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element) · pt alótropo (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element) · ru аллотро́пия (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element) · tr allotrop (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element) · fr allotrope (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element) · ca al·lòtrop (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element)