isomorphn.
/ˈʌɪsəʊmɔːf/ 1. Chemistry and Mineralogy. A substance or organism isomorphous with another.
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1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Isomorph, a substance which has the same crystalline form with another.
1885 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 849/1 Sandy isomorphs of Lagena, Nodosaria, Globigerina, and Rotalia.
2. Linguistics. A line in a linguistic atlas connecting places exhibiting identical or nearly identical morphological forms; a morphological isogloss.
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the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [noun] > linguistic geography or dialectology > isogloss > specific
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1921 E. C. Roedder in Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 20 182 The boundary lines of present dialects, with their maze of..isomorphs,..and isotaxes, i.e., lines connecting places of identical or nearly identical..forms,..and syntactical peculiarities.
1926 Germanic Rev. 1 iv. 303 Like the larger dialects, they would have to be portioned off against each other by isophones, isomorphs, isolexes, and isotaxes, i.e., lines of agreement in sound, form, word (meaning), and syntax.
1937 J. Orr tr. I. Iordan Introd. Romance Linguistics iii. 215 Val d'Ajol alone offers certain well-marked individual features... A group of ‘isophones’ and ‘isomorphs’ passes exactly through the point where the two valleys..investigated join each other.
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