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An allomorph is defined as any of the crystalline forms of a substance.

(noun)

An example of allomorphs are calcite and aragonite.

The definition of an allomorph is a different morpheme (unit of language) with the same meaning.

(noun)

An example of an allomorph for the prefix in- is il-.

See allomorph in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Mineralogy
1. any of the crystalline forms of a substance existing in more than one such form
2. paramorph
Linguis. any of the variant forms of a morpheme as conditioned by position or adjoining sounds

Origin: allo- + -morph

Related Forms:

allomorphic adjective
allomorphism noun

See allomorph in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

See paramorph.

Related Forms:

alˌlo·morˈphic adjective

alˌlo·morˈphism noun

noun

Any of the variant forms of a morpheme. For example, the phonetic (s) of cats (kăts), (z) of pigs (pĭgz), and (ĭz) horses (hôrˈsĭz) are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme.

Origin:

Origin: allo-

Origin: + morph(eme)

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