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Allomorphic
Allomorphic Al`lo*mor"phic, a. (Min.)
Of or pertaining to allomorphism.
Allomorphism
Allomorphism Al`lo*mor"phism, n. (Min.)
The property which constitutes an allomorph; the change
involved in becoming an allomorph.
AmorphismAmorphism A*mor"phism, n. [See Amorphous.]
A state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being without
crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass,
opal, etc.
Note: There are stony substances which, when fused, may cool
as glass or as stone; the glass state is spoken of as a
state of amorphism. Anamorphism
Anamorphism An`a*mor"phism, n. [Gr. ? again + ? form.]
1. A distorted image.
2. (Biol.) A gradual progression from one type to another,
generally ascending. --Huxley.
AnthropomorphicAnthropomorphic An`thro*po*mor"phic, a.
Of or pertaining to anthropomorphism. --Hadley. --
An`thro*po*mor"phic*al*ly, adv. AnthropomorphicallyAnthropomorphic An`thro*po*mor"phic, a.
Of or pertaining to anthropomorphism. --Hadley. --
An`thro*po*mor"phic*al*ly, adv. Anthropomorphism
Anthropomorphism An`thro*po*mor"phism, n. [Gr. ? of human
form; ? man + ? form.]
1. The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic
deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and
affections.
2. The ascription of human characteristics to things not
human.
Anthropomorphist
Anthropomorphist An`thro*po*mor"phist, n.
One who attributes the human form or other human attributes
to the Deity or to anything not human.
Anthropomorphite
Anthropomorphite An`thro*po*mor"phite, n.
One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the
Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one
of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a
human form, etc. Tillotson.
Anthropomorphitic
Anthropomorphitic An`thro*po*mor*phit"ic, a. (Biol.)
to anthropomorphism. --Kitto.
Anthropomorphitism
Anthropomorphitism An`thro*po*mor"phi*tism, n.
Anthropomorphism. --Wordsworth.
Anthropomorphize
Anthropomorphize An`thro*po*mor"phize, v. t. & i.
To attribute a human form or personality to.
You may see imaginative children every day
anthropomorphizing. --Lowell.
Apomorphia
Apomorphia Ap`o*mor"phi*a, Apomorphine Ap`o*mor"phine, n.
[Pref. apo- + morphia, morphine.] (Chem.)
A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a
powerful emetic.
Apomorphine
Apomorphia Ap`o*mor"phi*a, Apomorphine Ap`o*mor"phine, n.
[Pref. apo- + morphia, morphine.] (Chem.)
A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a
powerful emetic.
Automorphism
Automorphism Au`to*mor"phism, n.
Automorphic characterization. --H. Spenser.
Dimorphic
Dimorphic Di*mor"phic, a.
Having the property of dimorphism; dimorphous.
Dimorphism
Dimorphism Di*mor"phism, n. [Cf. F. dimorphisme.]
1. (Biol.) Difference of form between members of the same
species, as when a plant has two kinds of flowers, both
hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry), or when there
are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of
butterfly.
Dimorphism is the condition of the appearance of the
same species under two dissimilar forms. --Darwin.
2. (Crystallog.) Crystallization in two independent forms of
the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as
calcite and aragonite.
Gamomorphism
Gamomorphism Gam`o*mor"phism, n. [Gr. ? marriage + ? form,
shape.] (Biol.)
That stage of growth or development in an organism, in which
the reproductive elements are generated and matured in
preparation for propagating the species.
Gynandromorphism
Gynandromorphism Gy*nan"dro*mor`phism, n. [Gr. gynh` a woman,
female + ?, ?, a man, male + ? form.] (Zo["o]l.)
An abnormal condition of certain animals, in which one side
has the external characters of the male, and the other those
of the female.
Hemimorphic
Hemimorphic Hem`i*mor"phic, a. [Hemi- + Gr. ? form.]
(Crystallog.)
Having the two ends modified with unlike planes; -- said of a
crystal.
Heteromorphic
Heteromorphic Het`er*o*mor"phic, a. [Hetero- + Gr. ? form.]
(Biol.)
Deviating from the normal, perfect, or mature form; having
different forms at different stages of existence, or in
different individuals of the same species; -- applied
especially to insects in which there is a wide difference of
form between the larva and the adult, and to plants having
more than one form of flower.
Heteromorphism
Heteromorphism Het`er*o*mor"phism, Heteromorphy
Het`er*o*mor"phy, n. (Biol.)
The state or quality of being heteromorphic.
HomoeomorphismHomoeomorphism Ho`m[oe]*o*mor"phism, n. [See
Hom[oe]omorphous.]
A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike
chemical compounds. See Isomorphism. Homomorphic
Homomorphic Ho`mo*mor"phic, Homomorphous Ho`mo*mor"phous, a.
[Gr. ? the same + ? shape.]
Characterized by homomorphism.
HomomorphismHomomorphism Ho`mo*mor"phism, n. [See Homomorphous.]
1. (Biol.) Same as Homomorphy.
2. (Bot.) The possession, in one species of plants, of only
one kind of flowers; -- opposed to heteromorphism,
dimorphism, and trimorphism.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The possession of but one kind of larv[ae] or
young, as in most insects. HypidiomorphicHypidiomorphic Hy*pid`i*o*mor"phic, a. [Pref. hypo- +
idiomorphic.] (Crystallog.)
Partly idiomorphic; -- said of rock a portion only of whose
constituents have a distinct crystalline form. --
Hy*pid`i*o*mor"phic*al*ly, adv. HypidiomorphicallyHypidiomorphic Hy*pid`i*o*mor"phic, a. [Pref. hypo- +
idiomorphic.] (Crystallog.)
Partly idiomorphic; -- said of rock a portion only of whose
constituents have a distinct crystalline form. --
Hy*pid`i*o*mor"phic*al*ly, adv. IchthyomorphicIchthyomorphic Ich`thy*o*mor"phic, Ichthyomorphous
Ich`thy*o*mor"phous, a. [See Ichthyomorpha.]
Fish-shaped; as, the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient Assyria. Idiomorphic
Idiomorphic Id`i*o*morph"ic, a.
Idiomorphous.
Isodimorphic
Isodimorphic I`so*di*mor"phic, a. [Iso- + dimorphic.]
Isodimorphous.
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