allotropy

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

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allotropy (countable and uncountable, plural allotropies)

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

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