monotropy

monotropy |məˈnɒtrəpi | ▶noun [ mass 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- ‘one ’ + Greek tropē ‘turning ’ + -y 3 .

monotropy

monotropy |məˈnɒtrəpi | ▶noun [ mass 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- ‘one ’ + Greek tropē ‘turning ’ + -y 3 .