polytropismEtymologyFrom poly- + -tropism.nounA form of polymorphism in which adjacent sheets of a crystal are inclined to one another.Attention focus on a variety of things during one timespan.“Murray et al. propose that the degree or breadth of attention allocation in humans is “normally distributed” and (largely) “genetically determined” (Murray et al., 2005, p. 140), with some people possessing a greater tendency toward multiply focused attention (polytropism), and others a tendency toward more narrowly focused attention (monotropism).”