enantiotropy

[ih-nan-tee-o-truh-pee]

noun Crystallography.

polymorphism in which one of the polymorphs may revert to the state of the other at a critical temperature and pressure.

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

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en·an·ti·o·trop·ic

[ih-nan-tee-uh-trop-ik, -troh-pik] , adjective

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Enantiotropy has a plethora of syllables.

So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:

an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.

a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.

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