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ALLOMERISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(chemistry) variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("allomerism" is a kind of...):
fluctuation; variation (an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Derivation:
allomerous (pertaining to allomerism)