Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A structurally differentiated form of an element that exhibits allotropy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the forms in which an element having the property of allotropy exists: thus, the diamond is an allotrope of carbon.
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- noun chemistry Any form of an
element that has adistinctly differentmolecular structure to another form of the same element.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a structurally different form of an element
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Carbon nanotubes are molecular-scale tubes usually made of a carbon allotrope.
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Buckminister Fuller and Richard Smalley in terms of allotrope.
The Lopsided Universe Sean 2008
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A new fifth allotrope of carbon was recently produced, a spongy solid called a magnetic carbon “nanofoam” that is extremely lightweight and attracted to magnets.
Carbon 2008
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Moving to polytopes or allotrope seem to have values in science?
The Lopsided Universe Sean 2008
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What happens is that at a certain height in the Jovian atmosphere, the pressure allows a red crystalline form of ice-not the white stuff we splash whisky onto, or the black allotrope down at the surface, or the super-dense variety in the mantle around the Jovian core.
Agent Of The Terran Empire Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1965
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Take all this stuff, for instance; especially their ability to transform iron into a fluid allotrope, and in that form to use its intra-atomic energy as power.
Triplanetary 1927
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Peter from Aston Rowant e-mails in on that allotrope business.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Edward, TMS inbox: "0312 Isotope is not the word you're looking for - you are thinking of allotrope."
BBC News - Home 2011
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White phosphorus (WP) is a flare - and smoke-producing incendiary device [1] or smoke-screening agent that is made from a common allotrope of the chemical element phosphorus.
WN.com - Articles related to Israel is spying because it can't wage war - top Hizbullah MP 2010
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White phosphorus (WP) is a flare - and smoke-producing incendiary device [1] or smoke-screening agent that is made from a common allotrope of the chemical element phosphorus.
WN.com - Articles related to Israel is spying because it can't wage war - top Hizbullah MP 2010
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