allotrope

English

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Etymology

Ancient Greek ἄλλος (allos, “other”), and τρόπος (tropos, “way, manner”).

Noun

allotrope (plural allotropes)

1. (chemistry) Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element.
   • Ozone (O₃) is an allotrope of oxygen, normally O₂
   • Note: Different structural forms of a compound are isomers.

Translations

form of an element that has a different molecular structure to another form of the same element

• French: allotrope (fr) m
• German: Allotrop (de)
• Irish: allatróp (ga) m
• Italian: allotropo (it) m
• Polish: alotrop (pl) m

• Portuguese: alótropo (pt) m
• Russian: аллотропия (ru) (allotrópija) f 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ало̀троп (sh) m

  Roman: alòtrop (sh) m

• Spanish: alótropo (es) m

Related terms

• allotropy
• allotropic

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French

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἄλλος (allos, “other”), and τρόπος (tropos, “way, manner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.lɔ.tʁɔp/

Noun

allotrope m (plural allotropes)

1. (chemistry) allotrope.

   L’ozone est un allotrope de l’oxygène — Ozone is an allotrope of oxygen.

Adjective

allotrope (masculine and feminine, plural allotropes)

1. (chemistry) allotropic.

Related terms

• allotropie

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German

Adjective

allotrope

1. inflected form of allotrop