NOUN | substance | allotrope | a structurally different form of an element |
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Sounds | ae'lahtrow.p | |
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Rhymes | antelope ... tope: 34 rhymes with owp... |
Meaning | A structurally different form of an element. | |
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Example | "graphite and diamond are allotropes of carbon" | |
Broader | chemical element, element | Any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter |
Spanish | alótropo | |
Catalan | al·lòtrop | |
Adjectives | allotropic | of or related to or exhibiting allotropism |
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