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tri⋅morph

  [trahy-mawrf]
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–noun Crystallography.
1. a substance existing in three structurally distinct forms; a trimorphous substance.
2. any of the three forms.
Origin:
1905–10; < Gk trímorphos having three forms. See tri-, -morph
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tri·morph   (trī'môrf')   
n.  

  1. A substance that occurs in three distinct crystalline forms.

  2. One of the crystalline forms in which a trimorphic substance occurs.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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