allotropy

The English word “allotropy” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

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

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