Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,592,387,337 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

allotropic

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.01 sec.
allotropic /al·lo·tro·pic/ (al″o-tro´pik)
1. exhibiting allotropism.
2. concerned with others; said of a type of personality that is more preoccupied with others than with oneself.

al·lo·trop·ic (l-trpk)
adj.
1. Relating to allotropism.
2. Characterizing one who is preoccupied with the reactions of others.

allotropic,
1 pertaining to a substance that is changed by digestion to retain some of its nutritive value.
2 pertaining to an element that may exist in two or more forms at the atomic level, such as carbon in the diamond, graphite, and buckminsterfullerene forms.

allotropic [al″o-trop´ik]
1. exhibiting allotropism.
2. more preoccupied with the ideas, actions, and feelings of others than with oneself.

allotropic
exhibiting allotropism.


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Medical browser?   Full browser?
 
NPL has been studying the allotropic phase transformation in tin and its alloys, commonly known as tin pest, to measure the implications of adopting Pb-free solder manufacturing practices.
Amorphous silicon is the non-crystalline allotropic form of silicon.
William ("Bill") McClellan and Stephen Trikilis Follow Chairman CHIPPEWA LAKE, Ohio -- Aran[TM] Laboratories, the allotropic oxygen research and development laboratory, has accepted the resignations of Messrs.
 
 
 
Medical Dictionary
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.