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isomorphism's - 2 dictionary results
i·so·mor·phism     (ī'sə-môr'fĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Biology Similarity in form, as in organisms of different ancestry.
  2. Mathematics A one-to-one correspondence between the elements of two sets such that the result of an operation on elements of one set corresponds to the result of the analogous operation on their images in the other set.
  3. A close similarity in the crystalline structure of two or more substances of similar chemical composition.

i'so·mor'phous adj.
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isomorphism   (ī'sə-môr'fĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. Similarity in form, as in organisms of different ancestry.
  2. A one-to-one correspondence between the elements of two sets such that the result of an operation on elements of one set corresponds to the result of the analogous operation on their images in the other set.
  3. A close similarity in the crystalline structure of two or more substances of different chemical composition. Isomorphism is seen, for example, in the group of minerals known as garnets, which can vary in chemical composition but always have the same crystal structure.

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