allomorphism

allomorphism

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English allomorph
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English allomorphism

    From allomorph + -ism.

    Noun

    allomorphism (usually uncountable, plural allomorphisms)

    1. (chemistry) The property of a compound which has more than one crystalline form or allomorph.

    See also

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