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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Allomorph \Al"lo*morph\, n. [Gr. ? other + ? form.] (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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: allomorph n 1: any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound: "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite" 2: 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"
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