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a. (Min.) Of or pertaining to allomorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to anthropomorphism. Hadley. -- An`thro*po*mor"phic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Auto- + Gr. &unr_; for, shape. ] Patterned after one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

The conception which any one frames of another's mind is more or less after the pattern of his own mind, -- is automorphic. H. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; &unr_;ox-guiding. ] Boustrophedonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the property of dimorphism; dimorphous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hemi- + Gr. morfh` form. ] (Crystallog.) Having the two ends modified with unlike planes; -- said of a crystal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hetero- + Gr. morfh` form. ] (Biol.) Deviating from the normal, perfect, or mature form; having different forms at different stages of existence, or in different individuals of the same species; -- applied especially to insects in which there is a wide difference of form between the larva and the adult, and to plants having more than one form of flower.

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; the same + &unr_; shape. ] Characterized by homomorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. hypo- + idiomorphic. ] (Crystallog.) Partly idiomorphic; -- said of rock a portion only of whose constituents have a distinct crystalline form. -- Hy*pid`i*o*mor"phic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

{ } a. [ See Ichthyomorpha. ] Fish-shaped; as, the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient Assyria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Idiomorphous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Iso- + dimorphic. ] Isodimorphous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Isomorphous. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Alike in form; exhibiting isomorphism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. Of or pertaining to sets related by an isomorphism. [ PJC ]

a. Isotrimorphous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Metamorphosis. ] 1. Subject to change; changeable; variable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Causing a change of structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geol.) Pertaining to, produced by, or exhibiting, certain changes which minerals or rocks may have undergone since their original deposition; -- especially applied to the recrystallization which sedimentary rocks have undergone through the influence of heat and pressure, after which they are called metamorphic rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Mono- + Gr. morfh` form. ] (Biol.) Having but a single form; retaining the same form throughout the various stages of development; of the same or of an essentially similar type of structure; -- opposed to dimorphic, trimorphic, and polymorphic. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. not metamorphic. Opposite of metamorphic. [ Narrower terms: ametabolic metamorphosis) ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Geol.) not produced by metamorphosis. metamorphic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. a. [ L. Orphicus, Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ortho- + morphic. ] (Geom.) Having the right form. [ 1913 Webster ]

Orthomorphic projection, a projection in which the angles in the figure to be projected are equal to the corresponding angles in the projected figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pan- + idiomorphic. ] (Geol.) Having a completely idiomorphic structure; -- said of certain rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Panta- + Gr. morfh` form. ] Taking all forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to pleomorphism; as, the pleomorphic character of bacteria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Polymorphous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Proto- + Gr. morfh` form. ] (Biol.) Having the most primitive character; in the earliest form; as, a protomorphic layer of tissue. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; three-formed; &unr_; (see Tri-) + morfh` form. ] Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, trimorphism; -- contrasted with monomorphic, dimorphic, and polymorphic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Zoo- + Gr. &unr_; form. ] Of or pertaining to zoomorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]