Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to or characterized by allotropy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to allotropism.
- adjective the several conditions which occur in a case of allotropism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective chemistry Describing a form of an
element that exhibitsallotropy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or related to or exhibiting allotropism
Etymologies
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Examples
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Only such forms, however, as have different energy contents are properly called allotropic forms.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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Now, the idea of allotropic expression - putting mitochondrial DNA in the nucleus - had already been suggested, though it hadn't actually at that point been suggested for aging.
Wired Top Stories Steven Leckart 2010
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The calcium in Gordon's bones transmogrified into an allotropic titanium-plutonium alloy; his nervous system mutated into a broadband fibre-optic TCP/IP network; his muscles became a carbonfibre-reinforced weave; his organs became high-capacity chemical processing plants.
The creation of Brown-man Gordon McCabe 2009
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The calcium in Gordon's bones transmogrified into an allotropic titanium-plutonium alloy; his nervous system mutated into a broadband fibre-optic TCP/IP network; his muscles became a carbonfibre-reinforced weave; his organs became high-capacity chemical processing plants.
Archive 2009-06-01 Gordon McCabe 2009
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In pure form, plutonium exists in six allotropic forms or crystal structure - more than any other element.
Plutonium 2009
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Carbon is found free in nature in three allotropic forms: amorphous, graphite, and diamond.
Carbon 2008
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In 1969 a new allotropic form of carbon was produced during the sublimation of pyrolytic graphite at low pressures.
Carbon 2008
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Someone should slap these people in the face and say (1) "charcoal" isn't a colour, it's an allotropic form of carbon, and (2) we want WHITE synthesisers.
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A quick scan of the Internet will show hundreds of companies that sell allotropic oxygen.
Jumpstart Your Metabolism Pam Grout 1996
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The ice sheath went upward in tranquil allotropic, layers to a virtually featureless surface and an enormous, quietly circulating atmosphere of starlike composition.
Inconstant Star Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1991
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