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isomorphism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun isomorphism has 1 sense
- isomorphism(n = noun.attribute) isomorphy - (biology) similarity or identity of form or shape or structure; Array is a kind of similarity
CIDE DICTIONARY
isomorphism, n. [Cf. F. isomorphisme.].
- A similarity of crystalline form between substances of similar composition, as between the sulphates of barium (
BaSO4 ) and strontium (SrSO4 ). It is sometimes extended to include similarity of form between substances of unlike composition, which is more properly calledhomœomorphism . - A one-to-one mapping of one set onto another set which preserves the relations between the elements of the domains of the sets. [PJC]
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Form
N form, figure, shape, conformation, configuration, make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's jib, stamp, type, cast, mold, fashion, contour, structure, plasmature, feature, lineament, turn, phase, posture, attitude, pose, morphism, isomorphism, forming, formation, figuration, efformation, sculpture, plasmation, formed, plastic, fictile, formative, fluid, plasmic, isomorphous, pleomorphic, protean, changeable.
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