'allomorph' definitions:
Definition of 'allomorph'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound; "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite"
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"
Definition of 'allomorph'
From: GCIDE
- Paramorph \Par"a*morph\, n. [Pref. para- + Gr. morfh` form.]
- 1. (Min.) A kind of pseudomorph, in which there has been a change of physical characters, by a change in crystal structure without alteration of chemical composition, as the change of aragonite to calcite; called also allomorph. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 2. (Biol.) A taxonomic variant observed within a species, for which a more specific term has not been assigned. [PJC] -- {par`a*mor"phic}, a. -- {par`a*mor"phous}, a. [PJC]