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allomorph

al·lo·morph [ állə màwrf ] (plural al·lo·morphs)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. representation of morpheme: a letter or combination of letters that is part of a set used to represent the same basic grammatical element morpheme of a language. "-ed" and "-t" both form the English past tense and are allomorphs.

2. variant form of chemical compound: a different crystal form of the same mineral, chemical compound, or element

[Mid-20th century. <allo- + morpheme]

al·lo·mor·phic [ àllə máwrfik ] adjective
al·lo·mor·phism noun
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