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Allotropy vs Isotopy - What's the difference?

allotropy | isotopy |

As nouns the difference between allotropy and isotopy

is that allotropy is (chemistry) a property, exhibited by some elements of existing in multiple forms with different atomic structures while isotopy is (mathematics) a form of homotopy that is always an embedding.

allotropy

English

(wikipedia allotropy)

Noun

(allotropies)
  • (chemistry) A property, exhibited by some elements of existing in multiple forms with different atomic structures.

    • Derived terms

    * allotrope

    Related terms

    * allotropic * allotropical * allotropism * allotropous (A term not used in chemistry but used with different meanings in entomology and botany.)

    isotopy

    English

    (wikipedia isotopy)

    Noun

    (isotopies)
  • (mathematics) A form of homotopy that is always an embedding.
  • (linguistics) The repetition of a basic meaning trait (seme) within a story.

    • Related terms

    * allotopy

    Hypernyms

    * (math) homotopy