monomorphism

mon·o·mor·phism

[mon-uh-mawr-fiz-uhm]
noun Mathematics.
a one-to-one homomorphism.

Origin:
1955–60; mono- + -morphism

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monomorphic or monomorphous (ˌmɒnəʊˈmɔːfɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  (of an individual organism) showing little or no change in structure during the entire life history
2.  (of a species) existing or having parts that exist in only one form
3.  (of a chemical compound) having only one crystalline form
 
monomorphous or monomorphous
 
adj
 
mono'morphism or monomorphous
 
n

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Monomorphism is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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