allotrope
Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element, with different physical properties and often different chemical properties.
Other meanings
An other form, a different shape of a lexical unit.
An alternative shape of a cognitive structure.
A kind of
- chemical element
Related words
- allotropize
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ἄλλος" (other).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “allotrope” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.