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Allotrope

/ˈæ.lə.tɹəʊp/

Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element.

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Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element.

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Word	Definition
allomorphnoun	(linguistics) Any of the different phonological representations of a morpheme.
allomorphismnoun	(chemistry) The property of a compound which has more than one crystalline form or allomorph.
allomerismnoun	(chemistry) variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form
isotopoculenoun	(chemistry) A molecule that differs from another in having a different isotope of one or more atoms
analognoun	(countable) Something that bears an analogy to something else.
isomernoun	(physical chemistry) Any of two or more compounds with the same molecular formula but with different structure.
isotopolognoun	(chemistry) Any of a group of compounds differing in the number, and/or position of substitution, of atoms by isotopes.
isomerenoun	(physical chemistry) Archaic form of isomer. [(physical chemistry) Any of two or more compounds with the same molecular formula but with different structure.]
atropoisomernoun	(physical chemistry) Any of a group of stable molecules differing only in their conformation: a type of stereoisomer.
polyamorphismnoun	(chemistry, physics) The existence of multiple amorphous forms of a substance
structural isomerismnoun	(chemistry) A form of isomerism in which the same atoms are arranged in different orders, either having the same or different functional groups.
isotopologuenoun	(chemistry) any of a group of compounds only differing in their isotopic composition; for example normal water and heavy water
isotopomernoun	An isomer of a chemical compound differing only in the position of an isotope
structural isomernoun	(chemistry) Any of a number of compounds that exhibit structural isomerism
allomernoun	An allomeric compound
allomerizationnoun	The interconversion of allomeric forms.
heteroanaloguenoun	(organic chemistry) Any compound, related to an existing one, in which one or more carbon atoms have been replaced by a heteroatom
heteroalkenenoun	(chemistry) Any analogue of an alkene in which a doubly bonded carbon atom is replaced by a heteroatom.
antisitenoun	(chemistry) A site within a chemical compound that is occupied by an atom of a different element than would usually be found there.
polynitrogennoun	(inorganic chemistry) Any of several unstable allotropes of nitrogen that have more than two atoms in each molecule