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Type of mathematical equivalence
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isomorphism
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n. Similarity of form
WordNet
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n. (biology) similarity or identity of form or shape or structure [syn: isomorphy ]
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In mathematics , an isomorphism (from the Ancient Greek : ἴσος isos "equal", and μορφή morphe "form" or "shape") is a homomorphism or morphism (i.e. a mathematical mapping ) that admits an inverse. Two mathematical objects are isomorphic if an isomorphism ...
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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 ...
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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.