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isomorphism

i·so·mor·phism [ ssə máwr fìzzəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. biology similarity in organisms: similarity in form or appearance between organisms of different ancestry or between different stages in the life cycle of the same organism

2. mathematics correspondence between sets: a one-to-one correspondence between sets so that an operation such as addition or multiplication in one produces the same result as the analogous operation in the other

3. chemistry similarity between chemicals: similarity in crystalline form between chemicals

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