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| —n | |
| 1. | linguistics any of the phonological representations of a single morpheme. For example, the final (s) and (z) sounds of bets and beds are allomorphs of the English noun-plural morpheme |
| 2. | any of two or more different crystalline forms of a chemical compound, such as a mineral |
| allo'morphic | |
| —adj | |
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Allomorph
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| a collection of maps of a certain area indicating the distribution of various phonological, morphological, lexical, or other features of the dialects of that area |
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