monotropy

monotropy
\\məˈnä.trəpē\ noun (-es)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary mon- + -tropy; probably originally formed as German monotropie
: the relation of two different forms of the same substance (as white and red phosphorus) that have no definite transition point since only one form (as red phosphorus) is stable and the change from the unstable form to the stable form is irreversible

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  • monotropy — n. one particular kind of bacterium virus or tissue (Biology) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • monotropy — [mə nɒtrəpi] noun Chemistry the existence of allotropes of an element, one of which is stable and the others metastable under all known conditions. Derivatives monotrope noun Origin early 20th cent.: from mono + Gk tropē turning + y3 …   English new terms dictionary

  • monotropy — mo·not·ro·py …   English syllables

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  • enantiotropy — enantiotropic /i nan tee euh trop ik, troh pik/, adj. /i nan tee o treuh pee/, n. Crystall. polymorphism in which one of the polymorphs may revert to the state of the other at a critical temperature and pressure. Cf. monotropy. [ < G… …   Universalium

  • pseu — pseu·da·le·tia; pseu·do; pseu·do·aconine; pseu·do·aconitine; pseu·do·adiabatic; pseu·do·aethalium; pseu·do·allele; pseu·do·alum; pseu·do·aquatic; pseu·do·benthonic; pseu·do·benthos; pseu·do·boleite; pseu·do·branch; pseu·do·bran·chus;… …   English syllables

  • pseudomonotropy — pseu·do·monotropy …   English syllables

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