allotrope

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈæ.lə.tɹəʊp/

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, with different physical properties and often different chemical properties. [from 1847]

   Ozone (O₃) is an allotrope of oxygen, normally O₂

   Note: Different structural forms of a compound are isomers.

2. (linguistics) An other form, a different shape of a lexical unit.
3. (philosophy) An alternative shape of a cognitive structure.

Related terms

• allotropic
• allotropical
• allotropism
• allotropous

Translations

• French: allotrope
• German: Allotrop
• Italian: allotropo
• Portuguese: alótropo
• Russian: аллотро́пия
• Spanish: alótropo

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