enantiotropy

noun

en·​an·​ti·​ot·​ro·​py

plural -es

: the relation of two different forms of the same substance (such as two allotropic forms of tin) that have a definite transition point and can therefore change reversibly each into the other compare monotropy

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary enantio- + -tropy

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