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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Homœomorphism

· Ho·mœ·o·mor·phism · IPA
01 n. A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike chemical compounds. See Isomorphism.
  1. 1.
    A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike chemical compounds. See Isomorphism. See: Isomorphism
02 n. Same as Homomorphy.
  1. 1.
    Same as Homomorphy.(Biol.) See: Homomorphy
  2. 2.
    The possession, in one species of plants, of only one kind of flowers; -- opposed to heteromorphism, dimorphism, and trimorphism.(Bot.)
  3. 3.
    The possession of but one kind of larvæ or young, as in most insects.(Zool.)