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isomorphic

[ ahy-suh-mawr-fik ]

adjective

  1. Biology. different in ancestry, but having the same form or appearance.
  2. Chemistry, Crystallography. isomorphous.
  3. Mathematics. pertaining to two sets related by an isomorphism.


isomorphic

/ ˌaɪsəʊˈmɔːfəs; ˌaɪsəʊˈmɔːfɪk /

adjective

  1. exhibiting isomorphism
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • uni·so·morphic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of isomorphic1

First recorded in 1860–65; iso- + -morphic
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Example Sentences

Among the groups isomorphic with a given continuous group there The adjunct group.

A group may be represented as isomorphic with itself by transforming all its operations by any one of them.

The set of permutations, therefore, forms a group isomorphic with the given group.

To-day we should say that they had dealt with isomorphic groups.

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