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allotropo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • doublet noun Two things of the same kind considered together as a pair.

Senses

allotropo is used for these senses in English:

  • allotrope (chemistry) Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element, with different physical properties and often different chemical properties. [from 1847]
  • doublet (quantum mechanics) A quantum state of a system with a spin of ½, such that there are two allowed values of the spin component, −½ and +½.

doublet — full definition

  1. noun Two things of the same kind considered together as a pair.
  2. noun One of two words in a language that come from the same original root but ended up sounding different, such as English shade and shadow.
  3. noun In the study of old texts, two separate accounts describing the same real event.
  4. noun An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.
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