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i⋅so⋅mor⋅phous

   [ahy-suh-mawr-fuhs]
–adjective Chemistry, Crystallography.
(of a compound or mineral) capable of crystallizing in a form similar to that of another compound or mineral, used esp. of substances so closely related that they form end members of a series of solid solutions.
Origin:
1820–30; iso- + -morphous
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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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isomorphous

adjective
having similar appearance but genetically different 

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Isomorphous

I"so*morph\, n. [See Isomorphous.] A substance which is similar to another in crystalline form and composition.

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