| NOUN | substance | allomorph | any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | allomorph | a variant phonological representation of a morpheme |
| Sounds | ae'lahmaorf | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Dusseldorf ... wharf: 6 rhymes with aorf... | |
| Meaning | Any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound. | |
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| Example | "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite" | |
| Broader | compound, chemical compound | (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight |
| Spanish | alomorfo | |
| Catalan | al·lomorf | |
| Meaning | A variant phonological representation of a morpheme. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the final sounds of 'bets' and 'beds' and 'horses' and 'oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme" | |
| Narrower | morphophoneme | (linguistics) the phonemes (or strings of phonemes) that constitute the various allomorphs of a morpheme |
| Broader | morpheme | minimal meaningful language unit |
| Spanish | alomorfo | |
| Catalan | al·lomorf | |
| Adjectives | allomorphic | pertaining to allomorphs / allomorphs |
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