allotrope

See also: Allotrope

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.lə.tɹəʊp/

Noun

allotrope (plural allotropes)

1. (chemistry) Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element. [from 1847]

   Ozone (O₃) is an allotrope of oxygen, normally O₂

   Note: Different structural forms of a compound are isomers.

2. (linguistics) An other form, a different shape of a lexical unit.
3. (philosophy) An alternative shape of a cognitive structure.

Related terms

• allotropic
• allotropical
• allotropism
• allotropous

Translations

element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element

• Catalan: al·lòtrop m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同素異形體／同素异形体 (zh) (tóngsùyìxíngtǐ), 同素异形体 (zh) (tóngsùyìxíngtǐ)

• Finnish: allotrooppi (fi)
• French: allotrope (fr) m
• German: Allotrop
• Greek: αλλότροπα (el) f (allótropa)
• Hungarian: allotróp
• Irish: allatróp m
• Italian: allotropo (it) m
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• Maori: āhuatini
• Polish: alotrop (pl) m
• Portuguese: alótropo m
• Russian: аллотро́пия (ru) f (allotrópija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ало̀троп m

  Roman: alòtrop m

• Spanish: alótropo m
• Tagalog: kamulkap

Further reading

• allotrope on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”), and τρόπος (trópos, “way, manner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lɔ.tʁɔp/

• Audio:

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Noun

allotrope m (plural allotropes)

1. (chemistry) allotrope

   L’ozone est un allotrope de l’oxygène — Ozone is an allotrope of oxygen.

Adjective

allotrope (plural allotropes)

1. (chemistry) allotropic

Related terms

• allotropie

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German

Adjective

allotrope

1. inflection of allotrop:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular