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monotropy

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mo⋅not⋅ro⋅py

[muh-no-truh-pee]
–noun, plural -pies. Crystallography.
polymorphism that is irreversible.
Compare enantiotropy.


Origin:
1900–05; mono- + -tropy


mon⋅o⋅trop⋅ic [mon-uh-trop-ik, -troh-pik] , adjective
mon⋅o⋅trop⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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