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al·lot·ropy (ə lä′trə pē)

noun

the property that certain chemical elements and compounds have of existing in two or more different forms, as carbon in the form of charcoal, diamond, lampblack, etc.

Etymology: < Gr allotropos, of or in another manner < allos, other + tropos, way, turn: see trope

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