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en⋅an⋅ti⋅ot⋅ro⋅py

  [i-nan-tee-o-truh-pee]
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–noun Crystallography.
polymorphism in which one of the polymorphs may revert to the state of the other at a critical temperature and pressure.
Compare monotropy.

Origin:
< G Enantiotropie (1888) < Gk enantiotropía contrariety of character. See enantio-, -tropy

Related forms:
en⋅an⋅ti⋅o⋅trop⋅ic  [i-nan-tee-uh-trop-ik, -troh-pik] , adjective
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