English Explanatory Dictionary

allotropize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To change in physical properties but not in substance; to alter the state, crystalline structure or appearance of a chemical while leaving it's atomic composition the same, such as the change of pure carbon from graphite to diamond or a buckyball.

Word forms

allotropize allotropizes allotropizing allotropized allotropise

Etymology

From allotrope + -ize.

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