Enantiotropy


[ih-nan-tee-o-truh-pee] /ɪˌnæn tiˈɒ trə pi/

noun, Crystallography.
1.
polymorphism in which one of the polymorphs may revert to the state of the other at a critical temperature and pressure.

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