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(biology) similarity of form or shape or structure
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isomorphism
Word definitions for isomorphism in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The term isomorphism literally means sameness (iso) of form (morphism). In Gestalt psychology , Isomorphism is the idea that perception and the underlying physiological representation are similar because of related Gestalt qualities. Isomorphism refers ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Similarity of form
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (biology) similarity or identity of form or shape or structure [syn: isomorphy ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
from German Isomorphismus , 1828, coined by German chemist Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794-1863) from isomorph ; see isomorphic . Related: Isomorph .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Isomorphism \I`so*mor"phism\, n. [Cf. F. isomorphisme.] (Crystallog.) 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 ...
Usage examples of isomorphism.
The phenomena of isomerism, or identity of composition and proportions of constituents with difference of qualities, and of isomorphism, or identity of form in crystals which have one element substituted for another, were equally surprises to science.