allotropic

From allo- +‎ -tropic, compare French allotropique.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæləˈtɹɒpɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæləˈtɹɑpɪk/, /ˌæləˈtɹoʊpɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɒpɪk

allotropic (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Describing a form of an element that exhibits allotropy.

   Graphite and diamond are allotropic forms of carbon.

   • 1918, Walter Lionel George, A Novelist on Novels‎^[1]:

     A symphony and a poem may be allotropic forms of the same matter: to use a common simile, there is red phosphorus and there is yellow, but both are phosphorus. Likewise there are different forms of art, but there is only one art.