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a. (Min.) Of or pertaining to allomorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) The property which constitutes an allomorph; the change involved in becoming an allomorph. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; again + morfh` form. ] 1. A distorted image. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) A gradual progression from one type to another, generally ascending. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`nemos wind + fi`los lover. ] (Bot.) Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized. Lubbock. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to anthropomorphism. Hadley. -- An`thro*po*mor"phic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; of human form; 'a`nqrwpos man + morfh` form. ] 1. The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The ascription of human characteristics to things not human. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Pertaining to anthropomorphism, or anthropomorphitism. Kitto. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anthropomorphism. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To attribute a human form or personality to. [ 1913 Webster ]

You may see imaginative children every day anthropomorphizing. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ Pref. apo- + morphia, morphine. ] (Chem.) A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Auto- + Gr. &unr_; for, shape. ] Patterned after one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

The conception which any one frames of another's mind is more or less after the pattern of his own mind, -- is automorphic. H. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Automorphic characterization. H. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the property of dimorphism; dimorphous. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dimorphism is the condition of the appearance of the same species under two dissimilar forms. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Crystallog.) Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; marriage + morfh` 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. gynh` a woman, female + 'anh`r, 'andro`s, a man, male + morfh` form. ] (Zool.) An abnormal condition of certain animals, in which one side has the external characters of the male, and the other those of the female. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hemi- + Gr. morfh` form. ] (Crystallog.) Having the two ends modified with unlike planes; -- said of a crystal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hetero- + Gr. morfh` 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.

{ } n. (Biol.) The state or quality of being heteromorphic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Homœomorphous. ] A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike chemical compounds. See Isomorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Homomorphous. ] 1. (Biol.) Same as Homomorphy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) The possession, in one species of plants, of only one kind of flowers; -- opposed to heteromorphism, dimorphism, and trimorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) The possession of but one kind of larvæ or young, as in most insects.

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{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; the same + &unr_; shape. ] Characterized by homomorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [1913 Webster]

{ } a. [ See Ichthyomorpha. ] Fish-shaped; as, the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient Assyria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Idiomorphous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Iso- + dimorphic. ] Isodimorphous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Isomorphism between the two forms severally of two dimorphous substances. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Isomer + Gr. morfh` form + -ism. ] (Crystallog.) Isomorphism between substances that are isomeric.

a. 1. Isomorphous. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Alike in form; exhibiting isomorphism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. Of or pertaining to sets related by an isomorphism. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. isomorphisme. ] 1. (Crystallog.) A similarity of crystalline form between substances of similar composition, as between the sulphates of barium (BaSO4) and strontium (SrSO4). It is sometimes extended to include similarity of form between substances of unlike composition, which is more properly called homœomorphism.

2. (Math.) A one-to-one mapping of one set onto another set which preserves the relations between the elements of the domains of the sets. [ PJC ]

a. Isotrimorphous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Iso- + Gr. &unr_; thrice + morfh` form. ] Isomorphism between the three forms, severally, of two trimorphous substances. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Metamorphosis. ] 1. Subject to change; changeable; variable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Causing a change of structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geol.) Pertaining to, produced by, or exhibiting, certain changes which minerals or rocks may have undergone since their original deposition; -- especially applied to the recrystallization which sedimentary rocks have undergone through the influence of heat and pressure, after which they are called metamorphic rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geol.) The state or quality of being metamorphic; the process by which the material of rock masses has been more or less recrystallized by heat, pressure, etc., as in the change of sedimentary limestone to marble. Murchison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl.) One who believes that the body of Christ was merged into the Deity when he ascended. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To metamorphose. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Mono- + Gr. morfh` form. ] (Biol.) Having but a single form; retaining the same form throughout the various stages of development; of the same or of an essentially similar type of structure; -- opposed to dimorphic, trimorphic, and polymorphic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. ] (Chem.) Morphine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Morpheus: cf. F. morphine. ] (Chem.) A bitter white crystalline alkaloid found in opium, possessing strong narcotic properties, and much used as an anodyne; -- called also morphia, and morphina. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Computers) The smooth transformation of one shape or image into another, displayed on the computer screen as a series of images that appear to be continuous, as if in a movie. [ PJC ]

n. (Med.) A morbid condition produced by the excessive or prolonged use of morphine. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. not metamorphic. Opposite of metamorphic. [ Narrower terms: ametabolic metamorphosis) ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Geol.) not produced by metamorphosis. metamorphic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. 'o`fis a serpent + morfh` form. ] (Paleon.) An ammonite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ortho- + morphic. ] (Geom.) Having the right form. [ 1913 Webster ]

Orthomorphic projection, a projection in which the angles in the figure to be projected are equal to the corresponding angles in the projected figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pan- + idiomorphic. ] (Geol.) Having a completely idiomorphic structure; -- said of certain rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]