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allomorphism en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English allomorph Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English allomorphism From allomorph + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The property of a compound which has more than one crystalline form or allomorph.

Forms

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Relateds

polymorphism