English-Finnish translations for allotrope

• allotrooppi

Definition of allotrope

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

Examples

• Ozone (O₃) is an allotrope of oxygen, normally O₂
• Note: Different structural forms of a compound are isomers.

Related words

• allotropy
• allotropic
• allotropism
• allotropical
• allotrophic
• allotropically