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enantiotropy
noun
en·an·ti·ot·ro·py
Definition of enantiotropy
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: the relation of two different forms of the same substance (such as two allotropic forms of tin) that have a definite transition point and can therefore change reversibly each into the other — compare monotropy
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Origin and Etymology of enantiotropy
International Scientific Vocabulary enantio- + -tropy
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