Definition of Allotrope

1. Noun. A structurally different form of an element. "Graphite and diamond are allotropes of carbon"

Generic synonyms: Chemical Element, Element
Derivative terms: Allotropic

Definition of Allotrope

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Allotrope

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Allotrope

1. Any individual structural form of an element which comes in at least two different structural types. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Allotrope

allotopes
allotopia
allotransplant
allotransplantation
allotransplantations
allotransplants
allotrichia circumscripta
allotriodontia
allotriogeustia
allotriomorph
allotriomorphic
allotriomorphs
allotriophagy
allotriosmia
allotriploid
allotrope (current term)
allotropes
allotroph
allotrophic
allotrophs
allotropic
allotropic personality
allotropical
allotropically
allotropies
allotropism
allotropisms
allotropize
allotropized
allotropizes

Literary usage of Allotrope

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1919)
"In the transformation of the low-temperature allotrope, there should be two opposing forces; one, the force tending to produce the change that will be ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1922)
"While the writer thinks that the phenomena are due, in part at least, to other causes, among which may be included the low-temperature allotrope, ..."

3. Elementary Chemistry by Hollis Godfrey (1909)
"Ozone, the allotrope of oxygen. — Beside the ordinary kinds of oxygen we ... Besides oxygen, which has the allotrope of ozone, yellow phosphorus has the ..."

4. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1918)
"The writer believes in non-inheritance as opposed to absolute inheritance, but believes also that the grain size of one allotrope influences that of another ..."

5. Beiblätter zu den Annalen der Physik und Chemie by Johann Christian Poggendorff (1878)
"In feuchter, namentlich warmer Luft oxydirt sich das sogenannte allotrope Kupfer sehr schnell, ebenso in basischer essigsaurer ..."

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