Definition of Isomorphous

1. Adjective. Having similar appearance but genetically different.

Exact synonyms: Isomorphic
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Partainyms: Isomorphism, Isomorphism
Derivative terms: Isomorphy

Definition of Isomorphous

1. a. Having the quality of isomorphism.

Definition of Isomorphous

1. Adjective. Of, relating to, or exhibiting isomorphism. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Isomorphous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Isomorphous

1. Having the quality of isomorphism. Origin: Iso- + -morphous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isomorphous

isometrical
isometrically
isometrics
isometries
isometropia
isometropias
isometry
isomonodromic
isomonodromy
isomorph
isomorphic
isomorphic response
isomorphically
isomorphism
isomorphisms
isomorphous (current term)
isomorphous gliosis
isomorphs
isomorphy
isonandra
isonaphthol
isoncotic
isoneph
isonephelic
isonephs
isoniazid
isoniazid acetyltransferase
isoniazid neuropathy
isoniazid polyneuropathy
isoniazids

Literary usage of Isomorphous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mathematical Crystallography and the Theory of Groups of Movements by Harold Hilton (1903)
"Two operations are said to be isomorphous if one can be derived from the other ... If every operation of a group F is isomorphous with some operation of a ..."

2. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals by Henry Alexander Miers (1902)
"isomorphous Mixtures.—Most of the difficulties encountered in interpreting the ... isomorphous mixtures are especially common in the mineral kingdom, ..."

3. An Introduction to Chemical Crystallography by Paul Groth (1906)
"There cannot exist, therefore, any sharp boundary between isomorphous substances, in the narrowest sense, and others which exhibit morphotropic ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1880)
"isomorphous SALTS AND FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION. BY L. PITKIN. In discussing a paper of mine read before this Society at the May meeting, Dr. Endemann ..."

5. Iron, Steel, and Other Alloys by Henry Marion Howe (1906)
"Solid solutions are called by some " isomorphous mixtures ... The term " isomorphous mixtures" would naturally be suggested by the fact that the familiar ..."

6. Dana's Manual of Mineralogy for the Student of Elementary Mineralogy, the by James Dwight Dana, William Ebenezer Ford (1912)
"A1203 has been replaced by isomorphous Fe203, and that a part of the FeO has been replaced by the isomorphous oxides of MnO, MgO and CaO. ..."

7. Iron, Steel, and Other Alloys by Henry Marion Howe (1906)
"Solid solutions are called by some " isomorphous mixtures" and by some ... The term " isomorphous mixtures " would naturally be suggested by the fact that ..."

8. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1832)
"Thus, in isomorphous salts the proportional quantities of acid and base are the same. A neutral phosphate does not correspond to a ..."

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