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heteromorphism|-ˈmɔːfɪz(ə)m|
[f. as prec. + -ism.]
1. The condition or property of being heteromorphic; diversity of form.
1839Fraser's Mag. XX. 699 The various portraits of her majesty astonish by their perplexing poly- or heteromorphism. 1865–72Watts Dict. Chem. III. 150 Heteromorphism, the property, sometimes observed in compounds, of crystallising in different forms, though containing equal numbers of atoms similarly grouped. 1874Lubbock Wild Flowers ii. 36 Nor are these..the only cases of Heteromorphism now known. 1881Jrnl. Bot. X. 86 All we have to suppose is a peculiar heteromorphism.
2. ‘The property of replacing lost parts by new parts which are different from those that have been lost’ (Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1909); = heteromorphosis b.
3. Also corresponding to other senses of heteromorphic a.
1895F. W. Oliver tr. Kerner's Nat. Hist. Plants II. 469 One branch of the colony is concerned in the acquiring of nutrition, another in reproduction... To this differentiation among equivalent members we may apply the term Heteromorphism. 1921A. Holmes Petrogr. Methods x. 407 (heading) Heteromorphism in igneous rocks. 1954R. L. Parker tr. P. Niggli's Rocks & Min. Deposits iv. 125 Variations in primary mineralogical composition..can result from the bulk chemical composition (heteromorphism). |
