allotropic
/ˌæləˈtɹɒpɪk/US/ˌæləˈtɹɑpɪk/
allotropic adjective: describing a form of an element that exhibits allotropy.
Adjective
allotropic (not comparable)
- Describing a form of an element that exhibits allotropy.
- Graphite and diamond are allotropic forms of carbon.
- A symphony and a poem may be allotropic forms of the same matter: to use a common simile, there is red phosphorus and there is yellow, but both are phosphorus. Likewise there are different forms of art, but there is only one art.1918, Walter Lionel George, A Novelist on Novels
allotropic meaning in Tamil
allotropic in Tamil
- புறவேற்றுமையான
Origin of allotropic
From allo- + -tropic, compare French allotropique.
Words formed from allotropic
Words that rhyme with allotropic
- topic
- microscopic
- polytropic
- telescopic
- tropic
- catascopic
- megascopic
- monotropic
- myopic
- tonotopic
- allotopic
- diascopic
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- dystropic
- ectopic
- fibroscopic
- gonadotropic
- macroscopic
- microendoscopic
- monoscopic
- polytopic
- proctoscopic
- rhinoscopic
- thermoscopic
- thermotropic
- acroscopic
- adrenocorticotropic
- aerotropic
- Afrotropic
- amblyopic
- ametropic
- anascopic
- anoscopic
- anthropic
- antigonadotropic
- antitropic
- antroscopic
- apocopic
- arthroscopic
- arthrotropic
- asthenopic
- astroscopic
- atopic
- auriscopic
- autoscopic
- autostereoscopic
- baroscopic
- barotropic
- basiscopic
- bathmotropic
- bioscopic
- bronchoscopic
- brontoscopic
- chemotropic
- chromatophorotropic
- chromoendoscopic
- chromotropic
- chronoscopic
- chronotopic
- chronotropic
- colorectoscopic
Questions about allotropic
- What does allotropic mean?
- Allotropic means describing a form of an element that exhibits allotropy.
- What is allotropic in Tamil?
- Allotropic in Tamil is புறவேற்றுமையான. See Allotropic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is allotropic?
- Allotropic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce allotropic?
- Allotropic is pronounced /ˌæləˈtɹɒpɪk/ (UK).
Words near allotropic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: allotropic (page history and authors); allotropic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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