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idiomorphic

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id⋅i⋅o⋅mor⋅phic

  [id-ee-uh-mawr-fik]
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–adjective
1. Also, euhedral. (in a rock) noting or pertaining to a mineral constituent having its own characteristic outward crystalline form unaltered by the other constituents of the rock; automorphic.
2. having its own characteristic form.
Origin:
1885–90; < Gk idiómorph(os) having an individual form (see idio-, -morphous ) + -ic

Related forms:
id⋅i⋅o⋅mor⋅phi⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
id⋅i⋅o⋅mor⋅phism, noun
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