heteromorphismn.
/hɛtərə(ʊ)ˈmɔːfɪz(ə)m/ 1. The condition or property of being heteromorphic; diversity of form.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical properties > [noun] > quality of being heteromorphic
heteromorphism1839
the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > variety of form or non-uniformity
deformitya1544
difformity1580
inequability1581
disformity1600
irregularness1609
inconstancy1613
inconformity1625
inequality1626
irregularity1646
nonconformity1672
anomaly1686
disuniformity1710
ununiformness1716
ununiformity1749
heteromorphism1839
non-uniformity1852
raggedness1882
the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > occurrence of variant forms
polymorphism1846
polymorphy1846
heteromorphism1874
polytypism1932
cline1938
topocline1939
polytypy1954
morphism1955
1839 Fraser's Mag. 20 699 The various portraits of her majesty astonish by their perplexing poly- or heteromorphism.
1865–72 H. Watts Dict. Chem. III. 150 Heteromorphism, the property, sometimes observed in compounds, of crystallising in different forms, though containing equal numbers of atoms similarly grouped.
1874 J. Lubbock Wild Flowers ii. 36 Nor are these..the only cases of Heteromorphism now known.
1881 Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 19 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 n. b.
3. Also corresponding to other senses of heteromorphic adj.
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the world > the earth > minerals > [noun] > mineral composition
norm1902
heteromorphism1921
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > mineral or chemical composition > [noun]
mode1902
heteromorphism1921
1895 F. W. Oliver et al. tr. A. Kerner von Marilaun 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.
1921 A. Holmes Petrogr. Methods x. 407 (heading) Heteromorphism in igneous rocks.
1954 R. L. Parker tr. P. Niggli Rocks & Mineral Deposits iv. 125 Variations in primary mineralogical composition..can result from the bulk chemical composition (heteromorphism).
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