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ALLOMORPH
allomorph
(noun) a variant phonological representation of a morpheme; “the final sounds of ‘bets’ and ‘beds’ and ‘horses’ and ‘oxen’ are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme”
allomorph
(noun) any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound; “calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
allomorph (plural allomorphs)
(chemistry) Any of the different crystalline forms of a substance.
(linguistics) Any of the different phonological representations of a morpheme.
Synonyms
• (crystalline form): paramorph
Source: Wiktionary
Al"lo*morph, n. Etym: [Gr. (Min.) (a) Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite. (b) A variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of material; -- thus limonite is frequently an allomorph after pyrite. G. H. Williams.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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