ALLOTROPY

(chem.), the faculty of existing in several conditions with different properties (e.g.), carbon occurs as diamond and graphite as well as in an amorphous condition. Different forms of organic substances of the same constituents are termed isomeric. hamlet, on Doon, Ayrshire, Scotland; birthplace of Burns; famous ‘haunted kirk’ and ‘Auld Brig’; Burns’ cottage and monument,