allotropic

American  

[al-uh-trop-ik, -troh-pik] / ˌæl əˈtrɒp ɪk, -ˈtroʊ pɪk /

Also allotropical

adjective

1. pertaining to or characterized by allotropy.

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Other Word Forms

• allotropically adverb
• allotropicity noun

Etymology

Origin of allotropic

First recorded in 1875–80; allotrop(y) + -ic

Example Sentences

Phosphorus is the only member of its group that does not occur in the uncombined state in nature; it exists in many allotropic forms.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

"For the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen."

From US News • Oct. 10, 2014

But in Heine’s hands German prose, usually so heavy, so clumsy, so dull, becomes, like clay in the hands of the chemist, compact, metallic, brilliant; it is German in an allotropic condition. 

From The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete by Sheppard, Nathan

It has been contended here, and for many years in other places by the present writer, that Naturalism was itself only a "lesion," a sarcoma, a morbidly allotropic form of Romance.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

I am still in doubt whether it is a new element or merely an allotropic modification of the common element, cadmium.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 by Bates, Harry