Complete Definition of "allotrope"

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Noun
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#chemistry Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element.
#* Ozone (O<sub>3</sub>) is an allotrope of oxygen, normally O<sub>2</sub>
#*Note: Different structural forms of a compound are isomers.

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Croatian: t-|hr|alotrop|m
Italian: t+|it|allotropo|m
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