allotropy

English

Etymology

From allo- +‎ -tropy.

Noun

allotropy (countable and uncountable, plural allotropies)

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

Derived terms

• allotrope

Related terms

• allotropic
• allotropical
• allotropism
• allotropous

Translations

having multiple atomic structures

• Catalan: al·lotropia f
• Finnish: allotropia (fi)
• French: allotropie (fr) f
• German: Allotropie (de) f
• Greek: αλλοτροπία (el) (allotropía)
• Ido: alotropeso (io)
• Irish: allatrópacht f
• Kazakh: аллотропия (allotropiä)
• Manx: yl-chummey m
• Polish: alotropia (pl) f
• Portuguese: alotropia (pt) f
• Russian: аллотро́пия (ru) f (allotrópija)
• Spanish: alotropía (es) f
• Tagalog: kamulkapanan
• Vietnamese: thù hình (vi)

Further reading

• allotropy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia